Question for the List Maintaners -- (Re: SORBS Contact)

Thu Aug 10 06:03:52 UTC 2006

Steve Sobol wrote:
> Matthew Sullivan wrote:
>
>   
<replied off list>
>> Something to consider before replying: is this on or off topic for
>> NANOG? (personally I think part of this is on topic, other parts of the
>> thread are definitely off topic)
>>     
>
> It has been agreed that spam is offtopic, although the issue of hijacked
> netblocks certainly isn't. So I probably should have replied to you off-list
> (apologies to everyone else for lowering the S:N ratio).
>
> I don't know what the official word is on whether DNSBL operations in general
> are on-topic for this list. I would appreciate if the people in charge of
> deciding such things could tell me whether DNSBLs are on-topic or not...
>   
List maintainers, would you please rule on whether:

1/ DNSbl operations are on or off topic.
2/ Hijacked netblocks are on/off topic (I suspect on topic, but would 
like to see an official word).

Regards,

Mat