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Re: what happens when you put a typo in a DNSBL server?
From: John L <johnl () iecc com>
Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2007 17:27:37 -0500 (EST)
JL> If only. I am constantly amazed at the bozos who misconfigure their JL> DNSBL lookups and don't notice. Part of the problem is that the protocol is designed to overlay an existing protocol without providing a valid positive response. In this case, lame ISP configures a typo and goes for ages without noticing that it didn't help them at all because every query was getting a NXDOMAIN back
Uh, not quite. Try looking up 2.0.0.127.abuse.net, and then explain to me why people keep hammering on it.
Regards, John Levine, johnl () iecc com, Primary Perpetrator of "The Internet for Dummies", Information Superhighwayman wanna-be, http://johnlevine.com, Mayor "I dropped the toothpaste", said Tom, crestfallenly.
Current thread:
- what happens when you put a typo in a DNSBL server? Wes Hardaker (Jan 16)
- Re: what happens when you put a typo in a DNSBL server? Alexander Harrowell (Jan 16)
- Re: what happens when you put a typo in a DNSBL server? John Levine (Jan 16)
- Re: what happens when you put a typo in a DNSBL server? Wes Hardaker (Jan 16)
- Re: what happens when you put a typo in a DNSBL server? John L (Jan 16)
- Re: what happens when you put a typo in a DNSBL server? Steve Sobol (Jan 19)
- Re: what happens when you put a typo in a DNSBL server? Wes Hardaker (Jan 16)
- Re: what happens when you put a typo in a DNSBL server? Chris L. Morrow (Jan 16)
- Re: what happens when you put a typo in a DNSBL server? Steve Linford (Jan 16)
- Re: what happens when you put a typo in a DNSBL server? Steve Atkins (Jan 17)