Lawsuit threat against RBL users

Thu Nov 19 04:34:08 UTC 1998

> Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1998 22:37:39 -0500
> From: Chris Williams <psion at geekspace.com>
> To: "nanog at merit.edu" <nanog at merit.edu>
> Subject: Re: Lawsuit threat against RBL users
> 	[...]
> Company S(pam) has a web site, hosted on the servers of
> web-presence-provider Company P(rovider). Company S uses the services of
> Company X to send out massive loads of SPAM, with referencing the web
> site and even e-mail addresses hosted by Company H. Now, if I'm hearing
> what's being said on this list correctly, Company H is being expected to
> pull the website they host for Company S (or else be blackholed), _even
> though no illegal or spam-generating activity is being generated on
> their network_.
> 	[...]

An interesting denial of service attach enabled by the RBL...

-tjs