So, it is a violation of their privacy policy to reveal who asked for the intrusive test, but it's not a violation to do the intrusive test or publish the results for anyone to see... If something is this non-sensical, I generally assume it was the work of lawyers.
On a related note, James out of the box checks 3 blacklists (MAPS, ORBL, and ORDB I think), and I found a nice quick list of blacklists and other useful anti-spam info here: http://www.rahul.net/falk/ We should probably add an anti-spam page to the James site to capture useful info and otherwise track useful advice. Serge Knystautas Loki Technologies - Unstoppable Websites http://www.lokitech.com/ Harmeet Bedi wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Paul Hammant" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>Folks, >> http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/24544.html >> >>Were they trying to use spamming techniques to compile a list of failing >>mail servers? And this in breach of DMCA or and hacking legislation? >> If there were a RFC ilustrating "HELO, RU-AN-OPEN-RELAY, THNX, BYE" , >>then it might not have gone to court/lawyers. >> > > > Their approach seems to be that SMTP is abused, let us compile a list of > servers that can be abused. In some sense it is a public service, but to me > it is a bit like, let us collect information on vulnerable machines by > exploiting the vulnerabilitues and then as a public service, publish the > list of machines. Seems like an odd approach, but maybe an effective one to > fight against spam. > > I detected their probes on my mail server in January. Attaching the > conversation. You may find it interesting. > > Harmeet > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > From: "ORDB.org" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Harmeet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [ORDB] Feedback from ORDB (2950991451725002474) > > On Sun, Jan 20, 2002 at 01:24:14AM +0100, Harmeet wrote: > >>Some has requested Open relay test on my mail server running at >>63.194.82.242. >> >>Your database indicates that it is 12.231.2.113. This is causing your >>system to ping my server and consuming some processing cycles on my >>machine. >> >>This raises a few questions >>1. You are using my resources without my knowledge or permission. That is >>not nice, but ok, because you seem benign and are trying to help. > > > Thanks. > > >>2. Who is trying to know about my system ? You should disclose the email >>address to me. > > > Unfortunately we can't, since that would be violating our privacy policy. > > >>3. Your system seems to be an open relay of traffic. Basically anyone can >>request probe on another system, with checking for credentials. This may >>generate unwellcome traffic. > > > Correct. That is how we expand the size of our database. > > -- > ORDB.org support /boll > > If you appreciate the work done by ORDB, please leave a donation at > http://ordb.org/donate/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
