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Re: compromized host list available

  • From: John Payne
  • Date: Thu Jul 21 12:50:04 2005

On Jul 21, 2005, at 12:35 PM, Joseph S D Yao wrote:

On Thu, Jul 21, 2005 at 12:31:13PM -0400, Joe Abley wrote:
...
Unless I'm mistaken (and my first report hasn't arrived yet, so maybe I
am) this is more of a "heads up! the following addresses within your
network are listed on DNSBLs" than anything else.

I can't see why you'd add a disclaimer to a report like that.
...


The announcement didn't state the intended use - which, given the
ingenuity of some, is most reasonable.  But there are those who will
believe whatever they read, as long as it's in a report, and especially
if the report is automatically generated.  Must be true, then, eh?  A
report, eh?  And done by one of them infallible computer dinguses, eh?
I don't see why the reliability/reputation of a dnsbl changes the trueness
of "this host is listed in this dnsbl".

That is, I agree with Joe :)