Re: RFC 6471 and "listing the Internet" as a punishment

On 1/24/12 7:23 PM, [email protected] wrote:
> As I tried to say in the past, having a value to return for all
> queries from a DNS server that has been deemed abusive is *useful* to
> black/whitelist providers.  Enough that it's looking like it'll be done
> whether the ASRG likes it or not.  If you'd prefer something other than
> 127.0.0.1 to be used, document it somewhere.

I fully agree with you, FWIW...


> Also, as the linked article said, "...the 127.0.0.1 response indicates
> that uribl.com does not accept any queries from the DNS server".
> SpamAssassin had this handled as URIBL defined, no false positives
> resulted.

Yes, and somehow that's the point: SW (like spamassassin) that deal with
return values correctly, will not encounter FPs but this means it also
gives the BL operator no advantage.

While any other return value outside 127/8, while more opportune,
probably will affect bad implementations like 127.0.0.1 or any other code.


IMHO there's no winner here...