Re: Check IP against DNSBL with Access Key

David Leadbeater <[email protected]> Mon, 10 Aug 2009 19:23:22 +0100
Newsgroups gmane.network.irc.bopm
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Hi,

On Sun, Aug 09, 2009 at 04:43:00PM -0700, [email protected] wrote:
> I was wondering if it was possible for BOPM to check an IP against a
> DNSBL that requires an access key to be placed in front of the DNS
> request.
> 
> For example:
> accesskey.1.0.0.127.rbl.example.org
> 
> If it is possible, how would I configure BOPM to use this access key?

You'd have to patch the code to do something like that.

I don't really like the idea of it, it seems particularly braindead as
one of the benefits of distributing a DNSBL via DNS is to take
advantage of caching that DNS gives you and this seems to defeat that.

David