Who is security-research.org ?

Sun Mar 24 18:57:45 UTC 2024

It’s not me and I don’t know about the specific project, but I think I can introduce you off-list (I know them as helpful-to-the-internet people).

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> On Mar 24, 2024, at 11:34, John Levine <johnl at iecc.com> wrote:
> 
> I noticed them in my DNS logs, trying to do AXFRs of random zones I host.  The probes
> are coming from Hetzner, a low-cost German hosting provider with a history of tolerating
> dodgy customer behavior.
> 
> Their website, which is hosted at Vultr, airly assures us it's nothing personal, they
> scan everyone to make the Internet better, just filter us, but if you insist, you can
> send objections to noc at m-d.net.
> 
> Any idea who they are?  I expect it's more likely that they're self-important than
> evil. but still, sigh.
> 
> R's,
> John