seriously? Do you really think they CARE what an RFC says when they are shutting the blacklist down. Get real peoples.
On Sat, Mar 8, 2025 at 4:57 AM Bill Cole via mailop <mailop@mailop.org> wrote: > On 2025-03-07 at 12:58:28 UTC-0500 (Fri, 7 Mar 2025 18:58:28 +0100) > Matus UHLAR - fantomas via mailop <uh...@fantomas.sk> > is rumored to have said: > > >> On 2025-03-07 at 06:04:25 UTC-0500 (Fri, 7 Mar 2025 12:04:25 +0100) > >> Thomas Walter via mailop <b...@fh-muenster.de> > >> is rumored to have said: > >> > >>> AFTER they > >>> did contact all the abuse contacts of networks still using it? > > > > On 07.03.25 12:21, Bill Cole via mailop wrote: > >> That definitely DID NOT HAPPEN, because it is intrinsically > >> impossible. > > > > Why do you think that > > The word "all" has a meaning. > > As someone who receives abuse contact mail for multiple RIR-allocated > blocks, I am absolutely sure that no such contact was made. It also did > not land in abuse@ for ANY domain of mine, although those are not > registered, just standard. > > I am also quite certain that many registered abuse contacts are email > black holes through which no one can possibly be contacted. > > > Just in my previous e-mail I have reported that I found 5 mails in our > > ticketing system from 3 weeks ago related to hosts still using their > > DNSBL. > > > > So they definitely did contact some abuse contact. > > The meanings of the words "some" and "all" are quite different. > > FWIW, I think there's been no valid excuse for "list the world" tactics > for any DNSBL which has existed as long as NixSpam since the publication > of RFC6471. It is a "MUST NOT" behavior. They are still not doing what > the RFC recommends, *which it recommends for good reasons.* It is > surprising that they have not properly stubbed out the zone with a > delegation to TEST-NET, since they have 2 different options for where > they cauterize the zone: ix or dnsbl. > > I guess the world just needs another prominent rude and sloppy DNSBL > decommissioning once a decade to remind everyone that a right way > exists. > > > -- > Bill Cole > b...@scconsult.com or billc...@apache.org > (AKA @grumpybozo@toad.social and many *@billmail.scconsult.com > addresses) > Not Currently Available For Hire > _______________________________________________ > mailop mailing list > mailop@mailop.org > https://list.mailop.org/listinfo/mailop >
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