[94751] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: what the heck do i do now?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Matthew Sullivan)
Mon Feb 5 15:44:13 2007
Date: Tue, 06 Feb 2007 07:42:29 +1100
From: Matthew Sullivan <matthew@sorbs.net>
In-reply-to: <E1HDtiT-000ISL-0o@trinity.supernews.net>
To: nanog@merit.edu
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
Andrew - Supernews wrote:
>>>>>> "Warren" == Warren Kumari <warren@kumari.net> writes:
>>>>>>
>
> Warren> Sure, but if we could all agree that 127.255.255.255 (or
> Warren> something) means that the BL has been shutdown then in the
> Warren> future this sort of issue could be mitigated.
>
> You don't need to agree on something - it's already possible to apply
> automated checks to a DNSBL that detect all known methods of shutting
> it down.
>
You could also say if it returns anything outside of 127.0.0.0/8 then
it's dead - that would stop it the moment it is wildcarded.
In any case the software writers would need to be persuaded to alter it
in code.
/ Mat