-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 1) According to www.spews.org, the text files for SPEWS level 1 and 2 have not been updated since August, 2006.
2) There has been much discussion of this in both news.admin.net-abuse.blocklisting, and in news.admin.net-abuse.email. 3) As of today, SORBS is no longer mirroring the SPEWS DNSbl, according to Matthew Sullivan who posted in news.admin.net-abuse.blocklisting: "...I have emptied all live blocks out of the SPEWS zonefiles I hold locally and disabled the download and update script from overwriting the empty zones....I will keep the zones configured and emptied for another 6 months, and will drop the zones from there should SPEWS never update them again..." ref: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - ---- Based on the general consensus that SPEWS may be dead, if not dormant, it *might* be time to remove references to SPEWS from /etc/spamd.conf and from spamd.conf(5). Below are example diffs for src/etc/spamd.conf and src/share/man/man5/spamd.conf.5, as well as for www/spamd/index.html. The web mirrors compressed SPEWS level-1 and level-2 text files in the ../files directory, but neither that directory nor the mirroring scripts are part of the www tree. - ---- - --- src/etc/spamd.conf.orig Tue Jul 11 01:40:33 2006 +++ src/etc/spamd.conf Thu Feb 1 11:18:06 2007 @@ -23,23 +23,7 @@ # www.openbsd.org with, for instance, to www.de.openbsd.org all:\ - - :spews1:china:korea: - - - -# Mirrored from http://www.spews.org/spews_list_level1.txt - -spews1:\ - - :black:\ - - :msg="SPAM. Your address %A is in the spews level 1 database\n\ - - See http://www.spews.org/ask.cgi?x=%A for more details":\ - - :method=http:\ - - :file=www.openbsd.org/spamd/spews_list_level1.txt.gz: - - - -# Mirrored from http://www.spews.org/spews_list_level2.txt - -spews2:\ - - :black:\ - - :msg="SPAM. Your address %A is in the spews level 2 database\n\ - - See http://www.spews.org/ask.cgi?x=%A for more details":\ - - :method=http:\ - - :file=www.openbsd.org/spamd/spews_list_level2.txt.gz: + :china:korea: # Mirrored from http://www.okean.com/chinacidr.txt china:\ - ---- - --- spamd.conf.5.orig Thu Jan 29 12:44:29 2004 +++ spamd.conf.5 Thu Feb 1 11:15:22 2007 @@ -50,15 +50,16 @@ Example: .Bd -literal -offset indent all:\e - - :spews1:white:myblack: + :korea:white:myblack: - -spews1:\e +korea:\e :black:\e - - :msg="SPAM. Your address \&%A is in the spews\e - - level 1 database\ensee http://www.spews.org/ask.cgi?x=\&%A\en":\e - - :method=http:\e - - :file=www.spews.org/spews_list_level1.txt: + :msg="SPAM. Your address \&%A appears to be from Korea\\n + See http://www.okean.com/asianspamblocks.html":\\ + :method=http:\\ + :file=www.openbsd.org/spamd/koreacidr.txt.gz: + white:\e :white:\e :method=file:\e @@ -77,13 +78,13 @@ are to be applied. The addresses in a whitelist are removed from the preceding blacklist. In the above example, if the address was present in all three lists, blacklists - -.Ar spews1 +.Ar korea and .Ar myblack , as well as whitelist .Ar white , the address would be removed from blacklist - -.Ar spews1 +.Ar korea by the subsequent .Ar white whitelist. - ---- - --- www/spamd/index.html.orig Tue Jul 11 01:42:06 2006 +++ www/spamd/index.html Thu Feb 1 11:27:45 2007 @@ -42,51 +42,6 @@ <p> <ul> - -<li><a href="http://www.spews.org";>Spews Level 1</a><br> - -<font color="#a00000">"SPEWS publishes two lists. The majority of the Level 1 list - -is made up of netblocks owned by the spammers or spam support - -operations themselves, with few or no other legitimate customers - -detected. We don't even try and educate these types as any past - -attempts at education have failed. If a known spammer buys a - -new netblock but hasn't started spamming from it yet, it is still - -eligible to be listed here. If used, this list should have close to - -zero inadvertent blocking."</font> (from their web page) - -<p> - -Original source location: - -<a href="http://www.spews.org/spews_list_level1.txt";> - -http://www.spews.org/spews_list_level1.txt</a> - -<br> - -OpenBSD mirror location: - -<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/spamd/spews_list_level1.txt.gz";> - -http://www.openbsd.org/spamd/spews_list_level1.txt.gz</a> - -<p> - - - -<li><a href="http://www.spews.org";>Spews Level 2</a><br> - -<font color="#a00000"> - -"This includes all of Level 1, plus anyone who is - -spam-friendly, supporting spammers, or highly suspicious, but not - -blatant enough to be included in the Level 1 list yet. If it becomes - -obvious that someone at Level 2 has become a real problem, they - -will be escalated to Level 1 after some attempt at education. The - -Level 2 list will have some inadvertent blocking (non-spammer IP - -addresses listed), but can still be used by small ISPs or - -individuals who want a stricter level of blocking/filtering. By - -having a two tiered list, you can make the hardcore spamfighters - -happy; those who want to block first and ask questions later. - -Also, a listing in the Level 2 list may exert a bit of pressure on - -spam friendly sites and may keep them from turning totally bad - - -but that is not really the point, stopping spam is. (note: a Level - -value of "0" means that area is not listed)"</font> (from their web page) - -<p> - -Original source location: - -<a href="http://www.spews.org/spews_list_level2.txt";> - -http://www.spews.org/spews_list_level2.txt</a> - -<br> - -OpenBSD mirror location: - -<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/spamd/spews_list_level2.txt.gz";> - -http://www.openbsd.org/spamd/spews_list_level2.txt.gz</a> - -<p> - - <li><a href="http://www.okean.com/asianspamblocks.html";>China CIDR</a><br> <font color="#a00000"> "Because these two countries have the chronic and pervasive practice iD8DBQFFwhjJYi5wNVWLbsURAjozAJ9cZyaoGmmcbh+6GEA+MRORQKPvxQCdH8Oc umSV+sGBIyBdIIzvulJldT8= =I3ad -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
