[56680] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Question concerning authoritative bodies.
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ron da Silva)
Wed Mar 12 09:54:31 2003
Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2003 09:50:34 -0500
From: Ron da Silva <ron@aol.net>
To: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0303111052150.12785-100000@redhat1.mmaero.com>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
On Tue, Mar 11, 2003 at 11:07:18AM -0500, jlewis@lewis.org wrote:
>
> Can you elaborate on why?
>
> You can use a central DNSBL without giving up total control. Shortly
> after I configured servers to use a DNSBL for the first time, I recognized
> the need for a local DNSWL and have continued to use one ever since. When
> I setup other people's servers to use DNSBLs, I help them setup a DNSWL
> and explain how to maintain it.
Hmm...copy of centralized DNSBL + local DNSWL = local DNSBL ? I guess
the point is that centralized data is good in some sense, but utimately
mirroring, copying, editing, or selective copy of that data will be done
by operators in effect to create their own local DNSBL.
-ron
