Spam "from" reserved netblocks
Geoff Lane <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | gmane.mail.spam.spamcop.help |
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| Organization | GJC Technical Ltd |
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Recently, I've got a lot of spam with headers forged to appear to be from an IANA reserved netblock. The latest was "from" 111.120.227.30, which I understand from Sam Spade to be included in RESERVED-8. (here's an excerpt from Sam Spade) NetRange: 96.0.0.0 - 123.255.255.255 CIDR: 96.0.0.0/4, 112.0.0.0/5, 120.0.0.0/6 NetName: RESERVED-8 NetHandle: NET-96-0-0-0-1 NetType: IANA Reserved I have a suspicion that anything apparently from a reserved netblock is probably forged, and thus probably spam. If so, I can use such netblock information to supplement my spam filters - but are my suspicions true? TIA, -- Geoff Lane Cornwall, UK