[fw-wiz] Stop Using relays.osirusoft.com *NOW*!

From: Jim Seymour (jseymour_at_LinxNet.com)
Date: 08/27/03

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    To: firewall-wizards@honor.icsalabs.com
Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2003 18:00:31 -0400 (EDT)

    This relates more the mail admin, than firewall admin, but many of us
    wear many hats and this one is pretty important--being as the DNSbl in
    question is (was?) one of the most widely-used ones on the 'net.

    As many of your *should* be aware: relays.osirusoft.com has been
    experiencing problems. As of today, ISPs began reporting that
    non-dialup, dedicated circuits were apparently being reported by
    relays.osirusoft.com as dialups.

    Curious, I checked my business DSL circuit's IP address. (Note that
    my ISP sells no dialup, or even dynamic DSL.)

    $ rblcheck -lt
    64.32.196.134
    64.32.196.134 : relays.osirusoft.com : listed
        "Please stop using relays.osirusoft.com"

    Somebody checked, and it looks like relays.osirusoft.com has a "*"
    wildcard entry to 127.0.0.2 for all zones. This means that *every*
    IP address checked against *any* relays.osirusoft.com zone will
    show up as a "hit." If you reject on any of those zones, you'll
    reject everything, from every host.

    Anybody who is still using relays.osirusoft.com had maybe better stop
    doing so. Immediately.

    Yes, I recognize the irony in trying to get the word out via email ;). 

    -- 
Jim Seymour                          | "Some of the lies are so strange it
jseymour@LinxNet.com                 |  makes you wonder about the spammer's
LinxNet Spam Files:                  |  sanity."
   http://www.LinxNet.com/misc/spam  |   - Ed Foster, "The Gripe Line" 6/24/02
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