Someone got a whole /20 with the justification that he wanted to ddos Israeli websites?

--srs (htc one x)

On 24-Jan-2013 6:05 PM, "Thilo Bangert" <thilo.bangert@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi,

we were, a little more than 2 years ago, allocated above subnet and have since
struggeled with it, since apparently its previous owner had not treated it
well.

While it appears that many of the GeoIP issues have been fixed -- its
surprising how many sites are out there which NEVER update their maxmind or
other databases -- we still have reachability issues, especially into Israeli
networks. It has been communicated to us that the past owner had notoriously
attacked Israeli websites, which is why the netblok 80.71.128.0/20 had been
null routed.

One of the websites our customers complain about not being able to view is
http://www.english.machonmeir.net/ were we cant get to the DNS server which
lives at 62.219.11.42. Trying to reach someone from the other network has thus
far not been fruitful. Any help in establishing communication is greatly
appreciated.

If you null route, could you pleae check whether you are blocking our subnet,
and if so kindly reevaluate that decision.

Thank you for your help.

kind regards
Thilo