[nanog] RE: AOL tarpitting?

Sat Nov 6 09:52:14 UTC 2004

On Sat, 6 Nov 2004, James Ashton wrote:

My own experiences with them went something like:

Attempt to sign up for several address ranges.  Realize the form doesn't 
understand complex ranges like 192.168.1-4.0-255, 192.168.1.0/20, so list 
the first block and include a note (because, you know, they give you a 
notes field). Discover you're only getting SCOMP notices for that one 
class C.  Fill out a form with all your address space.  Wait like two 
weeks to get a reply.  See if they've actually done it.

This system IS something useful, as AOL seems to have people who target it 
and nothing else, and the range of AOL users (with as much respect as is 
deserved an AOL user) likely to be able to figure out the useful reporting 
address for an email, or to use something like SpamCop is damned near nil.

-Dan

>
> AOLs feedback loop seams to take a month or so to take effect.
>
> -James
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-nanog at merit.edu [mailto:owner-nanog at merit.edu] On Behalf Of
> Mark Jeftovic
> Sent: Friday, November 05, 2004 2:26 PM
> To: nanog at merit.edu
> Subject: AOL tarpitting?
>
>
>
> had AOL tarpitting gotten quite a bit more aggressive in the last
> few days?
>
> It happened to us and we signed up for their "feedback loop" and
> rerouted our mail to them via another route.
>
> The new route was tarpitted within 24 hours and absolutely nothing
> was communicated to us about it via the "feedback loop".
>
> Does that thing actually work?
>
> Any contacts, on or off list who could advise?
>
> -mark
>
>
> --
> Mark Jeftovic <markjr at easydns.com>
> Co-founder, easyDNS Technologies Inc.
> ph. +1-(416)-535-8672 ext 225
> fx. +1-(416)-535-0237
>
>
>

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