[94346] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: what happens when you put a typo in a DNSBL server?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steve Sobol)
Fri Jan 19 19:48:39 2007
Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2007 19:46:50 -0500 (EST)
From: Steve Sobol <sjsobol@JustThe.net>
To: John L <johnl@iecc.com>
Cc: Wes Hardaker <wjhns61@hardakers.net>, <nanog@nanog.org>
In-Reply-To: <20070116172654.E54693@simone.iecc.com>
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
On Tue, 16 Jan 2007, John L wrote:
> Uh, not quite. Try looking up 2.0.0.127.abuse.net, and then explain to me
> why people keep hammering on it.
*cough*
2.0.0.127.abuse.net has address 127.255.255.255
Very cute. :)
I think this is a PEBKAC** situation, not an architectural issue.
--Steve
** P)roblem E)xists B)etween K)eyboard A)nd C)hair, in this case the KAC
of the person who isn't checking that he's configured the right hostname
for the DNSBL.
--
Steve Sobol, Professional Geek ** Java/VB/VC/PHP/Perl ** Linux/*BSD/Windows
Victorville, California PGP:0xE3AE35ED
It's all fun and games until someone starts a bonfire in the living room.
