[Asrg] New draft draft-irtf-asrg-bcp-blacklists-01.txt

Steve Atkins steve at blighty.com
Sat Mar 29 21:48:17 PDT 2008


On Mar 29, 2008, at 9:18 PM, Douglas Otis wrote:
>
> On Mar 29, 2008, at 5:04 PM, Matt Sergeant wrote:
>
>> On 29-Mar-08, at 10:40 PM, Douglas Otis wrote:
>>
>>> Both open proxy and open relay listings are _not_ routinely
>>> retested without request.  Open relays and proxies stay active for
>>> years
>>
>> While this may be true, often their IPs don't.  Perhaps you should
>> reconsider your lack of re-testing policy.
>
> What is the meaning of IP?  Several complained about the initial
> test.  However, these small open proxy and open relay lists provide
> valid reasons NOT to expire listings automatically and require
> additional testing.
>
>> I'd rather not block the support of this BCP just because MAPS'
>> outdated policies don't match it.
>
> This draft can not be considered a Best Current Practice for operating
> black-hole lists

Black hole is a very specific technical term in this context, relating  
to packet
routing. Is that what you mean?

Cheers,
   Steve




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