[105403] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: EC2 and GAE means end of ip address reputation industry? (Re:
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jim Popovitch)
Sun Jun 22 14:34:05 2008
Date: Sun, 22 Jun 2008 14:33:55 -0400
From: "Jim Popovitch" <yahoo@jimpop.com>
To: nanog <nanog@nanog.org>
In-Reply-To: <g3myldxx4r.fsf@sa.vix.com>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces@nanog.org
On Sun, Jun 22, 2008 at 12:17 PM, Paul Vixie <vixie@isc.org> wrote:
> so, i'm not whining, just pointing out that this is a sea change, the end of an era.
I think that era ended when RBLs became so difficult to maintain
without hour-by-hour effort. The sad thing is that there is no
inverse-RBLs and MTAs that work straight forward with them. In
todays, and tomorrows, world there needs to be a process of vetting
inbound SMTP connections. I would much rather deal with a process
that requires "proof of need to participate" rather than having wide
open doors and windows and only being able to use a fly swatter. The
problem with an maintaining an inverse-RBL is that it would require a
centralized and reliable entity, not just one or two joe schmoes
-Jim P.
