> > Can u define anonymous?? (something that doesn't isn't reversed resolved?)
>
> Yes I can. If there is no reverse name, that is anonymous. Also, if there
> is a reverse name, but it has a generic pattern with number sequences and
> does not identify any particular domain other than the ISP, then that, too,
> is anonymous.
Just as I've feared, someone has already made the leap from "known analog
dialup pool" to "anything that looks like a dialup pool". This includes
ADSL and cablemodem pools as well.
> with a real name (even a 3rd level domain name is fine) and real
> MX records, then it won't look like what we have been referring to
> as "dialup".
Hmm, just to spite this idea, I may have all the dialups I administer
resolve to names that don't look like generic dialups:
"cat.du.example.com", "parrot.du.example.com". If you're going to make it
harder for me to send mail from my dedicated non-dialup IP that happens to
"look" like a dialup to you, then I'll make it harder for you to generate
a pattern that effectively filters dialup hostnames. It's easier for me
to take steps to break your system and make it ineffective, than jump thru
extra hoops so the computer connecting to your mailer has a hostname you
like.
- Mike
