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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: Stealth Blocking
On Wed, May 23, 2001 at 11:42:21PM +0100, Alex Bligh wrote: > > > 1) MAPS is a single self appoint law enforcement agency on the INTERNET. > > a) MAPS creates the LAW, ie. no open relay > > b) MAPS enforces the law > > I didn't think I'd ever be drawn into this debate, however... Ditto... I hate spam as much as the next guy, and I don't believe MAPS is part of any grand scheme to take over the internet, yada yada, but... > MAPS publishes a list of IP addresses. It might use whatever > bizarre mechanism it likes to generate them. However, in my > personal view, and many many other people, this lists bears a very > good correlation to IP addresses which I don't want sending > email to my mail server. They do this for free. Noone is forced > to use them. If you think the way they identify these IP Have you ever had a run-in with the check verification system Chex Systems? They have an argument similar to this one for MAPS, they don't actually stop anyone from getting a checking account, they just "maintain a list", and individual banks make the decision to deny you if you are on that list, with the seemingly noble goal of "preventing check fraud and keeping costs lower for everyone else". But the reality of the situation is that if you ever have the slightest problem with your checking account, you are marked for 7 years. I had a $14 overdraft on one checking account, and to make things worse it was the bank's fault and they supposidly removed it from their records. But Chex Systems doesn't want the incidents removed from their records, they ask banks to report every incident even if it is resolved promptly. Trying to call them and get through to a person is like trying to find the free porn by following the free porn links, the best you can get is a free copy of your Chex Systems record (required by law) so you can see why you are marked. And I challange you to find a bank who doesn't use them to disqualify potential checking account applicants, the best you'll find is 0.1% who will overlook a single resolved incident on your record. I'm not saying MAPS is anything like this, infact they aren't, which is why they are respectable while ORBS is not. But there is something to be said for fear of the power of the people who are just "publishing a list". Unfortunantly, the spam situation of the modern internet requires that you have some degree of trust in the servers which bring you mail. You might have better luck trying to restrict the domains or ips to those where you have actual customers, or try coming to some other reasonable compromise. P.S. Notice I didn't have to call anyone an idiot to get my point across. P.P.S. After reading dotcomeon.com, I didn't say I didn't think it. :P -- Richard A Steenbergen <[email protected]> http://www.e-gerbil.net/ras PGP Key ID: 0x138EA177 (67 29 D7 BC E8 18 3E DA B2 46 B3 D8 14 36 FE B6)
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