Re: RBL turf wars (was: ABOVE.NET BLOCKING ORBZ!)

[Roger Marquis <marquis () roble com>]

> > Check this out, I can't get to Orbz's website anymore (and I suspect you
> > can't either):

We can't either.  Attached is a letter from a customer forwarded
to our upstream (another above.net victim/ISP).  If Above.Net wants
to shed customers like a duck sheds water these filters will surely
have that effect.

-- 
Roger Marquis
Roble Systems Consulting
http://www.roble.com/


> I'm unable to access my primary spam filter subscription, www.orbz.org,
> thanks to some clueless filter-nazi at above.net.  Can you add a route
> to orbz (205.231.149.0) through ###### (bypassing above.net)?
>
> As you know ####### provides spam filtering services to its customers
> via orbz, orbl, ordb, and other dns subscription services.  Above.net's
> un-announced and un-approved IP filters are impacting our services,
> customers, and cash-flow.  I hope you and above.net are aware that
> these filters are causing financial hardship to ##########.
>
> Longer-term, please let me know if you decide to open a worldcom
> co-lo.  This is the second time we've been screwed by above.net (the
> first due to their blocking orbs.org) and we are preparing to move to
> sonic.net or another ISP to avoid these petty, unprofessional, and
> ongoing RBL turf battles.
>
> > traceroute to www.orbz.org (205.231.149.53), 30 hops max, 40 byte packets
> > ...
> > core1-main2-oc12.sjc1.above.net (208.185.175.253)  1.548 ms !H * *
> > * * *
> > ...