----- Original Message ----- From: "Matt Kettler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Mark" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, November 29, 2003 7:01 PM Subject: Re: [SAtalk] Cache poisoning on relays.osirusoft.com??
> > WTF?? So, I ran over to another shell server, and did the same. And, lo > > and behold, I was not listed. Then I killed and restarted BIND on this > > machine; and, lo and behold, I appear not listed again! WTF?? > > Yes.. WTF.. Where the Frig have you been? *grin* > > You've just not been paying attention to the news.. OSIRUSOFT is in fact > dead, and has been for months. They went offline as a result of a > sustained DDOS attack. The news of the OSIRUSOFT death was HEAVILY > broadcast on this list, the SA website, the SA news site, slashdot, NANAE, > and just about every other spam and geek related forum in the world. Even > ZDNet carried it. I remember reading about their DoS tribulations, and reports of becoming unreliable, upon which I gave their tests a real low score. After that, I kinda lost interest in their lists. Yeah, I guess I missed them going off-line altogether' so, here I am, standing with egg on my face. :) Weird, though, that three months after they allegedly closed their doors I still got a DNS resolution on it. But only once. > > How is this possible? Is someone deliberately poisoning DNS for > > relays.osirusoft.com? At any rate, I removed their checks altogether; > > something sure is fishy! > > Yeah, the owner poisoned the DNS himself so you'd get off your butt and > remove their lists. Apparently it was effective, albeit VERY late on your > part. Well, I gave em such low scores that, until now, I never really noticed a hit. I think today' DNS answer, which was 'non-authorative', was just a cache hit lost in cyberspace somewhere. Next time I better pay attention, though. :) - Mark ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: SF.net Giveback Program. Does SourceForge.net help you be more productive? Does it help you create better code? SHARE THE LOVE, and help us help YOU! Click Here: http://sourceforge.net/donate/ _______________________________________________ Spamassassin-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/spamassassin-talk
