http://bugzilla.spamassassin.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3631





------- Additional Comments From [EMAIL PROTECTED]  2004-07-28 10:33 -------
Theo, this patch doesn't change behaviour, we don't actually give points for IPs
that are in the reserved ranges (which I agree is likely to cause FPs in some
wierd setups).  instead we just skip them entirely from DNSBL lookups and the
like.  in terms of giving +ve points for certain IP addresses, we can only do
that for guaranteed-never-usable IPs like multicast or 127.[^0], IMO.

(a) the reason 192.168, 10, and 172.16 et al are at the top of the old one is
because they are by far the most frequently-encountered reserved ranges; it adds
a little efficiency.  (I don't know if that actually helps though.)

(b) I don't actually see any use of CYMRU as a source, going by the comments.

(c) I would suggest not listing the "growth edges" of the existing registrar
spaces, such as 071 -- since once the ARIN space from 063-070 is exhausted, IANA
will start registering networks in that /8.  This rev of the code could still be
in use at several sites by that stage, and it'd mean they'd miss DNSBL hits for
relays in those networks; this has happened before.  So what I did last time was
to allow lookups for hosts in 071 and similar "growth edge" areas, assuming they
may be allocated in the code's lifetime.

So I'm +0.5, given those.



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