Re: NANOG Channel Archives and Editorializing

[Dean Robb <pceasy () norfolk infi net>]

At 19:12 8/6/98 -0700, you wrote:
> > do much for the issue one way or another.  However, the question is begged:
> > "Should information on potential network abuse points be shared and public
> > or not?"
>
> Yes it should. All of the majors mail packages now have versions out that
> will correct the problem. Those that are still open for relaying are in
> that state becasue they don't want to upgrade. As long as they are in that
> condition they are a "nav hazard".
>
> There are software utilities that will scan the Internet for open-relay
> hosts, by IP address. Not putting them on a list will not hide them from
> these scanners. However, it will help the spam-fighter to know where these
> sites are, they can be black-holed.

This is basically my point and position.  Problems cannot be fixed if they
are not first identified.  If someone should get abused, and the abuser got
the relay from a list and not his own efforts, that *should* encourage the
relay owner to get off his/her/it's duff.  No one is as security concious
as he who has just been robbed.



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