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Re: SORBS on autopilot?


From: Michael Thomas <mike () mtcc com>
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 2010 11:11:13 -0800

On 01/12/2010 10:48 AM, Dave Martin wrote:
On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 11:51:47AM -0500, Jed Smith wrote:
On Jan 11, 2010, at 11:11 AM, Jon Lewis wrote:
The vibe I got from a number of administrators I talked to about it was "why
would a standards document assume an IPv4/IPv6 unicast address is a residential
customer with a modem, forcing those with allocations to prove that they are
not residentially allocated rather than the other way around?"

Because a default allow policy doesn't work in today's environment.

Blocking generic and residential addresses is the single most effective
thing we've ever done to reduce spam.

Really? You mean that if you stopped doing this you'd have trillions,
or quadrillions of spams per day instead now? I'm skeptical.

Mike


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