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Re: what the heck do i do now?

  • From: Simon Lyall
  • Date: Sun Feb 04 17:28:11 2007

On Thu, 1 Feb 2007, Jay Hennigan wrote:
> Set up a nameserver there.  Configure it to return 127.0.0.2 (or
> whatever the old MAPS reply for "spam" was) to all queries.  Let it run
> for a week.  See if anything changes in terms of it getting hammered.

Well I've seen some RBLs do this with about 2 days notice. Perhaps a
special value could be defined ( 127.255.255.255 ? ) to tell users that
the DNSBL is no longer in operation and shouldn't be used, standard
software can then raise an error or whatever.


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