ORDB.ORG Outage [Suggested Procedures]

Fri Jan 20 03:29:07 UTC 2006

Alain Hebert wrote:
> 
> Suggested Procedures:
> 
>    We use a script that validate the blacklisted services for:
> 
>       . reachability
>       . delay
>       . if any of our subnet is blacklisted
> 
>    And we also run a named exclusivly for caching requests...
> 
>    This way the mail system gets back on its feet by itself...
> 
>    Queries to loaded BL service are temporary disabled automatically...  
> until the service become more responsive.
> 
>    And we know, quite fast, if a client breach its contract and start 
> spamming...
> 
>    Not every antispam system are that open...  But if you have one...  
> It might be worth the 8 man hours to do a patch.
> 
>    Have fun...
> 
> Elijah Savage wrote:
> 
>>
>> Joseph W. Breu wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I am seeing the same here.  We have disabled these lookups on our 
>>> mail servers.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, 19 Jan 2006, Jon R. Kibler wrote:
>>>
>>>> Anyone else having ORDB.ORG Temp lookup failures? Seems to have been 
>>>> going on since about 1900 UTC today. Using web site to do lookups 
>>>> also fails or is VERY slow.
>>>>
>>>> Anyone know what is going on here?
>>>>
>>>> THANKS!
>>>> Jon Kibler
>>>>
>>>
>>
>> We have had to do the same was slowing down a bunch of mail.
> 
> 
I do run my own caching name server on the same exact box as a matter of 
fact. But I hear one of their servers is under DOS uttack but that is 
nothing official, still awaiting word.

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