[SHAME] Spam Rats

Suresh Ramasubramanian ops.lists at gmail.com
Thu Jan 10 14:53:23 UTC 2013


Unused space generally gets a $generate type generic scripted runs which
could be whatever, like  ip-ad-dr-ess.example.com

Not rid unallocated space, not that there's much of it in v4

As for v6 how popular do you see it getting for mail?

On Thursday, January 10, 2013, Dave Sparro wrote:

> On 1/9/2013 10:06 PM, Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote:
> > Who uses it? Or did you see your IP listed in one of those multiple dnsbl
> > query sites and contacted them on general principles even though you
> didn't
> > see any actual bounced email that could be traced to a spam rats listing?
> >
> > That said, it is best practice to set ptr records even for your
> unassigned
> > ip space
> >
>
> What label would you suggest be used for PTR records in unassigned space?
>
> If it is a standard best practice, why don't the RIRs do it for space
> that they have not yet assigned?
> Would this apply to IPv6 as well?
>
> --
> Dave
>
>

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--srs (iPad)



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