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Re: small vent
From: dlr () bungi com (Dave Rand)
Date: Sun, 28 Jun 1998 12:45:29 PDT
[In the message entitled "Re: small vent" on Jun 28, 14:54, Jon Lewis writes:]
On Sun, 28 Jun 1998, Mark Milhollan wrote:"David R. Conrad" writes:b) someone has dummied up a prefix in a mail header or something (typical) c) there is a bug in the database software (happens)I doubt B since the IP address queried was that of the TCP peer. Granted it could have been a spoofed session, but that would have required a level of expertise that I've never seen used merely to attempt delivery of a few thousand pieces of e-mail.What about d). Perhaps someone temporarily announced routes for unallocated space, setup a mail/spam server in that IP space, sent out their mail, and stopped exporting the route. Is there a place one can search to see a history of BGP announcements for a given route?
This has, in fact, happened before. One of the reasons that the unallocated spaces are listed on the RBL. -- Dave Rand dlr () bungi com http://www.bungi.com
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