I am sure you guys already know this but just in case: -----Forwarded Message-----
> From: Christopher Hicks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [fw-wiz] Stop Using relays.osirusoft.com *NOW*! (fwd) > Date: 26 Aug 2003 22:37:14 -0400 > > FYI. > > -- > </chris> > > The death of democracy is not likely to be an assassination from ambush. It > will be a slow extinction from apathy, indifference, and undernourishment. > -Robert Maynard Hutchins, educator (1899-1977) > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2003 18:00:31 -0400 (EDT) > From: Jim Seymour <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [fw-wiz] Stop Using relays.osirusoft.com *NOW*! > > This relates more the mail admin, than firewall admin, but many of us > wear many hats and this one is pretty important--being as the DNSbl in > question is (was?) one of the most widely-used ones on the 'net. > > As many of your *should* be aware: relays.osirusoft.com has been > experiencing problems. As of today, ISPs began reporting that > non-dialup, dedicated circuits were apparently being reported by > relays.osirusoft.com as dialups. > > Curious, I checked my business DSL circuit's IP address. (Note that > my ISP sells no dialup, or even dynamic DSL.) > > $ rblcheck -lt > 64.32.196.134 > 64.32.196.134 : relays.osirusoft.com : listed > "Please stop using relays.osirusoft.com" > > Somebody checked, and it looks like relays.osirusoft.com has a "*" > wildcard entry to 127.0.0.2 for all zones. This means that *every* > IP address checked against *any* relays.osirusoft.com zone will > show up as a "hit." If you reject on any of those zones, you'll > reject everything, from every host. > > Anybody who is still using relays.osirusoft.com had maybe better stop > doing so. Immediately. > > Yes, I recognize the irony in trying to get the word out via email ;). > > -- > Jim Seymour | "Some of the lies are so strange it > [EMAIL PROTECTED] | makes you wonder about the spammer's > LinxNet Spam Files: | sanity." > http://www.LinxNet.com/misc/spam | - Ed Foster, "The Gripe Line" 6/24/02 > _______________________________________________ > firewall-wizards mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://honor.icsalabs.com/mailman/listinfo/firewall-wizards -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
