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Re: what the heck do i do now?

  • From: Matthew Sullivan
  • Date: Mon Feb 05 15:50:07 2007

Andrew - Supernews wrote:
"Warren" == Warren Kumari <[email protected]> writes:

 Warren> Sure, but if we could all agree that 127.255.255.255 (or
 Warren> something) means that the BL has been shutdown then in the
 Warren> future this sort of issue could be mitigated.

You don't need to agree on something - it's already possible to apply
automated checks to a DNSBL that detect all known methods of shutting
it down.
You could also say if it returns anything outside of 127.0.0.0/8 then it's dead - that would stop it the moment it is wildcarded.

In any case the software writers would need to be persuaded to alter it in code.

/ Mat