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25 May 2012

Running DNSBLs in an IPv6 world Email

DNS blacklists for IPv4 addresses are now nearly 15 years old, and DNSBL operators have gathered a great deal of expertise running them. Over the next decade or two mail will probably move to IPv6. How will running IPv6 DNSBLs differ from IPv4? There aren't any significant IPv6 DNSBLs yet since there isn't significant unwanted IPv6 mail traffic yet (or significant wanted traffic, for that matter), but we can make some extrapolations from the IPv4 experience. Existing IPv4 DNSBLs tend to fall into three categories, exemplified by the Spamhaus SBL, PBL, and XBL.

The PBL (Policy Block List) includes ranges of addresses that shouldn't be sending mail directly, either because they're retail customers who are supposed to use their providers' mail servers, or they're assigned to equipment that should send no mail at all. Each entry is a range of addresses. List maintenance is manual; network managers can and often do add ranges of their own addresses, and Spamhaus adds ranges that they've determined are appropriate. In some cases, it's possible to de-list an individual address to poke a hole in a PBL range and allow mail out.

The SBL is managed manually, and lists ranges of IP addresses that based on historical evidence are likely to send predominantly or entirely spam. Some SBL entries are single IP addresses, while others list entire networks that are controlled by criminals.

The XBL lists individual IP addresses of hosts that have been observed sending 'bot spam or other mechanical indications that they are likely to send spam but no legitimate mail. Listings are added automatically, and are removed automatically some time after the IP stops sending spam. It's usually possible to remove an entry manually, although not an unlimited number of times.

How do these map into a world of IPv6 mail?

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  posted at: 16:55 :: permanent link to this entry :: 2 comments
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02 May 2012

Brian McDaid of Sili Neutraceuticals sentenced to prison Email
This morning I was in federal court in Philadelphia before Judge Stewart R. Dalzell for what is probably the last chapter of the Sili Neutraceuticals story. Brian McDaid was a chiropractor who ran an affiliate spam scheme in 2005-2006 for Hoodia and other weight loss nostrums.

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  posted at: 12:50 :: permanent link to this entry :: 1 comments
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