[Asrg] Round 2 of the DNSBL BCP - "collateral damage"

Matthew Sullivan matthew at sorbs.net
Sun Apr 6 00:13:21 PDT 2008


SM wrote:
> BTW, 127.0.0.2 is only a problem if the application performing the 
> query doesn't whitelist IP addresses (RFC 1918, etc.).  I see that 
> more as an implementation problem.
>   

ie sendmail. (sendmail also has a problem with listing 127.0.0.1 which 
is the only server reported that suffers)

> If the BCP suggests how to invent a test string, we end up with 
> different strings.  It's easier to code for one or two cases.
>   

example.(com|net|org) should not be a valid domain because it is a 
reserved domain so it is valid to use for a test.

/ Mat


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