Any clue as to when bgp.he.net will be back?

Tue Jan 23 15:40:23 UTC 2024

I tried going to bgp.tools at the office the day after I sent that email and was able to get to it, so must've just been some goofiness.
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Subject: Re: Any clue as to when bgp.he.net will be back?

I spoke with someone at Mimecast and we concluded the the customer of
mimecast has setup that rule (likely the whole of *.tools), since they
could not find anything on there end that didnt like bgp.tools

On Wed, Jan 17, 2024 at 10:54 PM Christopher Hawker
<chris at thesysadmin.au> wrote:
>
> It'd be interesting to know how Mimecast made the determination that bgp.tools is compromised.
>
> Regards,
> Christopher Hawker
>
> On Thu, 18 Jan 2024 at 09:47, Rubens Kuhl <rubensk at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> It might be due to usage of a new gTLD like .tools. A number of new
>> gTLDs use heavy discounting and this is a magnet for abusive
>> registrations, unfortunately.
>>
>> Rubens
>>
>> On Wed, Jan 17, 2024 at 2:15 PM Tim Burke <tim at mid.net> wrote:
>> >
>> > +1 for bgp.tools, it is a superior tool. Sadly, the corporate IT-forced DNS filtering at work for “cybersecurity” (Mimecast) thinks it is a compromised website for some reason, so bgp.he.net ends up being used while I am at the office.
>> >
>> > On Jan 16, 2024, at 8:44 AM, Ian Chilton <ian at ichilton.co.uk> wrote:
>> >
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > Not a direct answer to your question, but if you're not aware of it, https://bgp.tools/ is a great tool and shows the same info.
>> >
>> > Ian
>> >
>> >
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