Re: relays.osirusoft.com

2003-08-28 Thread Vadim Antonov
On Wed, 27 Aug 2003, Iljitsch van Beijnum wrote: I wouldn't recommend this. If you have two DNS servers on different addresses, everyone can talk to #2 if #1 doesn't answer. I noticed that many Windoze mail servers don't bother to check the second server if the primary's dead. --vadim

Re: Re[2]: relays.osirusoft.com

2003-08-28 Thread George William Herbert
Paul wrote: this part, on the other hand... he's put *.*.*.* in, he's asking people not to use it anymore. ...mystifies me. anyone who has read rfc1034 or rfc1035, even if they did not also read rfc2181 or rfc2136 or rfc2308, knows that in a

Re: relays.osirusoft.com

2003-08-27 Thread michael
Hello ; DiG 9.2.0 relays.osirusoft.com txt ;; global options: printcmd ;; Got answer: ;; -HEADER- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 39308 ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 4, ADDITIONAL: 0 ;; QUESTION SECTION: ;relays.osirusoft.com. IN TXT ;; ANSWER SECTION

Re: Re[2]: relays.osirusoft.com

2003-08-27 Thread George William Herbert
returning 127.0.0.2 for everything would be an ugly way to bow out. yes, but it's been done before. Someone has been in contact with Joe via phone and posted to another mailing list That Zhall Not Be Named that exactly that is happening. The zone is dead, he's put *.*.*.* in, he's asking

Re: relays.osirusoft.com

2003-08-27 Thread Matthew Sullivan
George William Herbert wrote: Yes, this is due to a massive DDOS. At least three of the spamfilter BLs have been so attacked this week. Some of the networks represented here have not been as timely about helping the BL providers with the DDOSes as they could be. Please keep in mind that without

Re: relays.osirusoft.com

2003-08-27 Thread Michael K. Smith
On 8/26/03 4:45 PM, Matthew Sullivan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: George William Herbert wrote: Yes, this is due to a massive DDOS. At least three of the spamfilter BLs have been so attacked this week. Some of the networks represented here have not been as timely about helping the BL

relays.osirusoft.com

2003-08-27 Thread Richard Welty
although this has to do with spam, i think folks will agree that there's operational content here: relays.osirusoft.com is down, it's history, stop using it. it is currently returning 127.0.0.2 for everything, so if you're using it, you won't receive this, but at least those who don't use

Re: relays.osirusoft.com

2003-08-27 Thread Gary E. Miller
[EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel:+1(541)382-8588 Fax: +1(541)382-8676 On Tue, 26 Aug 2003, Richard Welty wrote: relays.osirusoft.com is down, it's history, stop using it. it is currently returning 127.0.0.2 for everything, so if you're using it, you won't receive this, but at least those who

Re[2]: relays.osirusoft.com

2003-08-27 Thread Richard Welty
On Tue, 26 Aug 2003 20:59:22 -0400 (EDT) Mark Jeftovic [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Returning 127.0.0.2 on everything would indeed be an ugly way to bow out, but its been done before. Another RBL went out the same way previously, can't remember which one (was it orbz?) it was more complicated

Re: Re[2]: relays.osirusoft.com

2003-08-27 Thread Paul Vixie
ok so this part does not mystify me... Someone has been in contact with Joe via phone and posted to another mailing list That Zhall Not Be Named that exactly that is happening. The zone is dead, ... ...because running blackhole lists is surprisingly more hard than most people think.

Re: relays.osirusoft.com

2003-08-27 Thread Iljitsch van Beijnum
On woensdag, aug 27, 2003, at 13:54 Europe/Amsterdam, Matthew Sullivan wrote: Someone has suggested 'anycasting' what do people (particually you Paul) think of using anycasting for a DNSbl? (- AS112 anyone?) I think it may work well... however I am a novice in terms of BGP... As far as I can

Re: Re[2]: relays.osirusoft.com

2003-08-27 Thread Margie
--On Wednesday, August 27, 2003 7:53 AM -0400 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mail was delayed (and servers put under heavy load waiting for DNS queries to time out) when MAPS finally shut off free access without warning (a week or more after they originally had warned they'd do it, but gave

Re: relays.osirusoft.com

2003-08-27 Thread Paul Vixie
Someone has suggested 'anycasting' what do people (particually you Paul) think of using anycasting for a DNSbl? (- AS112 anyone?) unowned anycast, such as that used in as112, is only possible when the replies have no value (and thus need not be synchronized or centrally authorized.)

Re: relays.osirusoft.com

2003-08-27 Thread Nathan J. Mehl
In the immortal words of Richard Welty ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): On Tue, 26 Aug 2003 15:25:46 -0700 (PDT) Gary E. Miller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: returning 127.0.0.2 for everything would be an ugly way to bow out. yes, but it's been done before. And oddly enough, it was a terrible idea the

Re[2]: relays.osirusoft.com

2003-08-27 Thread Richard Welty
On Wed, 27 Aug 2003 13:36:54 -0400 Nathan J. Mehl [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In the immortal words of Richard Welty ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): On Tue, 26 Aug 2003 15:25:46 -0700 (PDT) Gary E. Miller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: returning 127.0.0.2 for everything would be an ugly way to bow out.

Re[2]: relays.osirusoft.com

2003-08-26 Thread Richard Welty
On Tue, 26 Aug 2003 15:25:46 -0700 (PDT) Gary E. Miller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: returning 127.0.0.2 for everything would be an ugly way to bow out. yes, but it's been done before. I am just seeing timeouts for XXX.relays.osirusoft.com now. there has been a heavy DOS in progress against a

Re: relays.osirusoft.com

2003-08-26 Thread Crist Clark
]: [ID 866145 daemon.info] lame server resolving '130.38.76.211.relays.osirusoft.com' (in 'relays.osirusoft.COM'?): 127.0.0.1#53 (That's PDT), and in my cache I see, $ dig relays.osirusoft.com ns ; DiG 9.2.2 relays.osirusoft.com ns ;; global options: printcmd ;; Got answer