I don't know about anyone else, but I think that my biggest problem in moving from the internal SIMS blacklist to a locally-hosted RBL (using QuickDNS) has been that translating the SIMS-format IP range to something that DNS will process is a royal pain. For example, translating the range "x.178.0.0 - x.178.63.255" requires manually creating 64 RBL entries (at least, AFAICT).
To solve this apparent problem, I've created a set of AppleScript routines which take a SIMS-format IP range line, trim the comments, and hand you back a list of the DNS-format, RBL-flipped blacklist IP ranges; for example, the range above would hand back a list containing 64 entries starting with "*.0.178.x"; since I'm sure that people use many different DNS programs, that's where I've stopped so far. I intend to complete it so that I can create a text file to import into QuickDNS. Anyone who's interested in the current revision of the script can get a copy from <ftp://ftp.harthaven.com/pub/scripts/IP_range_breakdown>. I will be updating it soon for use with QuickDNS, at which time I'll put in all the user interface stuff. ############################################################# This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To switch to the INDEX mode, E-mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Send administrative queries to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
