[21742] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Lawsuit threat against RBL users
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Tim Salo)
Thu Nov 19 00:58:19 1998
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1998 22:34:08 -0600 (CST)
From: Tim Salo <salo@networkcs.com>
To: nanog@merit.edu
> Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1998 22:37:39 -0500
> From: Chris Williams <psion@geekspace.com>
> To: "nanog@merit.edu" <nanog@merit.edu>
> Subject: Re: Lawsuit threat against RBL users
> [...]
> Company S(pam) has a web site, hosted on the servers of
> web-presence-provider Company P(rovider). Company S uses the services of
> Company X to send out massive loads of SPAM, with referencing the web
> site and even e-mail addresses hosted by Company H. Now, if I'm hearing
> what's being said on this list correctly, Company H is being expected to
> pull the website they host for Company S (or else be blackholed), _even
> though no illegal or spam-generating activity is being generated on
> their network_.
> [...]
An interesting denial of service attach enabled by the RBL...
-tjs
