Sloppy DNS system administration

Come on guys, an old and fuzzy techie like me shouldn't be finding these kind of things. One of Kenyaweb's IP address blocks still has the old company information (Form-Net) and the information MD (who left the company in 1998) and Technical Manager (who left in 1996) Very sloppy people - hope someone addresses this.... This is probably why the Indonesian hacker found it so easy to get into the server - and by the way, ict.go.ke site has been inaccessibly slow for past hour, and I understand Gov is paying Kenyaweb about Kshs 36m a year for this kind of hosting? inetnum: 194.201.253.0 - 194.201.253.255 <https://apps.db.ripe.net/whois/lookup/ripe/inetnum/194.201.253.0-194.201.253.255.html;jsessionid=34C5ECFB51D2032C092B12FD6CA712E7.apps4> netname: FORMNET descr: Form-Net Africa, Kenya country: KE admin-c: YN5-RIPE <https://apps.db.ripe.net/whois/lookup/ripe/person-role/YN5-RIPE.html;jsessionid=34C5ECFB51D2032C092B12FD6CA712E7.apps4> tech-c: AG105-RIPE <https://apps.db.ripe.net/whois/lookup/ripe/person-role/AG105-RIPE.html;jsessionid=34C5ECFB51D2032C092B12FD6CA712E7.apps4> status: ASSIGNED PA mnt-by: AS1849-MNT <https://apps.db.ripe.net/whois/lookup/ripe/mntner/AS1849-MNT.html;jsessionid=34C5ECFB51D2032C092B12FD6CA712E7.apps4> source: RIPE #Filtered irt: IRT-MCI-GB <https://apps.db.ripe.net/whois/lookup/ripe/irt/IRT-MCI-GB.html;jsessionid=34C5ECFB51D2032C092B12FD6CA712E7.apps4> address: ISG/IP Network Security address: MCI address: Reading International Business Park address: Basingstoke Road address: Reading address: Berkshire address: RG2 6DA address: GB phone: +44 118 905 6094 fax-no: +44 118 905 5038 abuse-mailbox: abuse@uk.verizonbusiness.com org: ORG-UA24-RIPE <https://apps.db.ripe.net/whois/lookup/ripe/organisation/ORG-UA24-RIPE.html;jsessionid=34C5ECFB51D2032C092B12FD6CA712E7.apps4> admin-c: WERT1-RIPE <https://apps.db.ripe.net/whois/lookup/ripe/person-role/WERT1-RIPE.html;jsessionid=34C5ECFB51D2032C092B12FD6CA712E7.apps4> tech-c: WERT1-RIPE <https://apps.db.ripe.net/whois/lookup/ripe/person-role/WERT1-RIPE.html;jsessionid=34C5ECFB51D2032C092B12FD6CA712E7.apps4> auth: MD5-PW $1$aEyFevLd$QGJ6onxfBWDr/ezQePDYF/ auth: PGPKEY-5960220D <https://apps.db.ripe.net/whois/lookup/ripe/key-cert/PGPKEY-5960220D.html;jsessionid=34C5ECFB51D2032C092B12FD6CA712E7.apps4> auth: PGPKEY-5E478DDC <https://apps.db.ripe.net/whois/lookup/ripe/key-cert/PGPKEY-5E478DDC.html;jsessionid=34C5ECFB51D2032C092B12FD6CA712E7.apps4> auth: PGPKEY-92479A5D <https://apps.db.ripe.net/whois/lookup/ripe/key-cert/PGPKEY-92479A5D.html;jsessionid=34C5ECFB51D2032C092B12FD6CA712E7.apps4> auth: PGPKEY-B4826395 <https://apps.db.ripe.net/whois/lookup/ripe/key-cert/PGPKEY-B4826395.html;jsessionid=34C5ECFB51D2032C092B12FD6CA712E7.apps4> irt-nfy: ip-net-sec@de.mci.com irt-nfy: registrar@eu.uu.net mnt-by: MCI-EMEA-M-MNT <https://apps.db.ripe.net/whois/lookup/ripe/mntner/MCI-EMEA-M-MNT.html;jsessionid=34C5ECFB51D2032C092B12FD6CA712E7.apps4> source: RIPE #Filtered person: Yazim Nanji address: Form-Net Africa address: P.O. Box 41932 address: Nairobi address: Kenya phone: +254 2 245630 fax-no: +254 2 240870 nic-hdl: YN5-RIPE <https://apps.db.ripe.net/whois/lookup/ripe/person/YN5-RIPE.html;jsessionid=34C5ECFB51D2032C092B12FD6CA712E7.apps4> mnt-by: AS1849-MNT <https://apps.db.ripe.net/whois/lookup/ripe/mntner/AS1849-MNT.html;jsessionid=34C5ECFB51D2032C092B12FD6CA712E7.apps4> source: RIPE #Filtered person: Alesandro Gonzalez address: Form-Net Africa address: P.O. Box 41932 address: Nairobi address: Kenya phone: +2542 245630 fax-no: +2542 240870 nic-hdl: AG105-RIPE <https://apps.db.ripe.net/whois/lookup/ripe/person/AG105-RIPE.html;jsessionid=34C5ECFB51D2032C092B12FD6CA712E7.apps4> mnt-by: AS1849-MNT <https://apps.db.ripe.net/whois/lookup/ripe/mntner/AS1849-MNT.html;jsessionid=34C5ECFB51D2032C092B12FD6CA712E7.apps4> source: RIPE #Filtered Update<https://apps.db.ripe.net/webupdates/;jsessionid=34C5ECFB51D2032C092B12FD6CA712E7.apps4?source=RIPE_NCC&type=ROUTE&pkey=194.200.0.0%2F14%2FAS1849&operation=edit-field> Delete<https://apps.db.ripe.net/webupdates/;jsessionid=34C5ECFB51D2032C092B12FD6CA712E7.apps4?source=RIPE_NCC&type=ROUTE&pkey=194.200.0.0%2F14%2FAS1849&operation=delete> route: 194.200.0.0/14 <https://apps.db.ripe.net/whois/lookup/ripe/route/194.200.0.0/14AS1849.html;jsessionid=34C5ECFB51D2032C092B12FD6CA712E7.apps4> descr: PIPEX-BLOCK4-7 origin: AS1849 <https://apps.db.ripe.net/whois/lookup/ripe/aut-num/AS1849.html;jsessionid=34C5ECFB51D2032C092B12FD6CA712E7.apps4> holes: 194.201.253.0/24, 194.202.0.0/22, 194.202.4.0/23, 194.203.46.0/24, 194.203.192.0/23, 194.203.194.0/24, 194.203.247.0/24 remarks: UUNET UK filter inbound on prefixes longer than /24 remarks: Please send abuse notification to abuse@uk.uu.net mnt-by: AS1849-MNT <https://apps.db.ripe.net/whois/lookup/ripe/mntner/AS1849-MNT.html;jsessionid=34C5ECFB51D2032C092B12FD6CA712E7.apps4> mnt-by: WCOM-EMEA-RICE-MNT <https://apps.db.ripe.net/whois/lookup/ripe/mntner/WCOM-EMEA-RICE-MNT.html;jsessionid=34C5ECFB51D2032C092B12FD6CA712E7.apps4> source: RIPE #Filtered -- Brian Munyao Longwe e-mail: blongwe@gmail.com cell: +254715964281 blog : http://zinjlog.blogspot.com meta-blog: http://mashilingi.blogspot.com

This is a classic example of the messy procurement system within government circles. That they (KenyaWeb) still have business from our taxes with such sloppy service (their website is hosted offshore btw) is beyond my faculties. The typical reaction(in Kenya) is to fix the symptom (outsource the service abroad). We see this with roads (the Chinese) and technology (the Chinese and the Americans). This adds fuel to the fire because it: A) rewards incompetent firms B) punishes competent firms C) Kills local industries when the bid is fully outsourced. Why can't we simply blacklist corporations and their directors? That way people won't be soo quick to join a corporation full of people with questionable ethics... The phenomenon is worse with roads because we have reached a point where the Chinese contractor does not care. People have died, many people as Thika Road is being constructed. -- Regards, Phares Kaboro Kariuki -----Original Message----- From: Brian Munyao Longwe <blongwe@gmail.com> Sender: skunkworks-bounces@lists.my.co.ke Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2012 19:12:21 To: Skunkworks Forum<skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke> Reply-To: Skunkworks Mailing List <skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke> Subject: [Skunkworks] Sloppy DNS system administration _______________________________________________ Skunkworks mailing list Skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke ------------ List info, subscribe/unsubscribe http://orion.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks ------------ Skunkworks Rules http://my.co.ke/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=94 ------------ Other services @ http://my.co.ke
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Brian Munyao Longwe
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Phares Kariuki