Jamie Baillie/USENET Spam

[Richard Johnson]

At 03:35 -0400 on 2010-09-27, Andrew Lewis wrote:
> Anyone run across this guy before? He is submitting abuse reports to my
> server provider(100TB.com) as well as their ISP(Softlayer) in an attempt
> to get my node shutdown. Apparently from a quick search on his name, he
> has a history of doing this thing before, but it is getting annoying
> because of the precarious position that I am on for using 100TB.com.
>
>
> Anyone had to deal with him before? And any suggestions for dealing with
> him? He keeps insisting that he understands how Tor works, but then goes
> on to claim that I need to "lockdown" my relay so that the abuse will
> stop. I am somewhat at a loss as to what I should do.
>
> -Andrew


I've run across him frequently since his leaking of Homolka case
information in violation of a Canadian publication ban in 1993/1994.  I
think it fair to assume that he's known world-wide, by his own well-earned
reputation.

Baillie is nearly functional enough to participate in society.  Sadly, this
leaves him open to being deliberately spun up by trolls.  The heat from his
present use of and complaints about tor nodes (including his complaints
about his own traffic) are a result.

It's best to ignore him completely.  Provide no response to his messages.
This also goes for your providers' abuse staff, if that can be arranged.
It's what we do.

Keep in mind that ignoring him does not necessarily stop his incessant
complaints.  But at least with no response to trigger memory and feed
further spite, there will be less to spin him up even further.


Richard