On Thu, Feb 01, 2007 at 05:21:08PM +0100, Jonas Eckerman wrote:
> > [botnet0.7,ip=66.251.54.6,hostname=outbox2.onceanddone.com,maildomain=onceanddone.com,baddns]
> 
> host 66.251.54.6
> 6.54.251.66.in-addr.arpa domain name pointer outbox2.onceanddone.com.
> 
> host outbox2.onceanddone.com
> outbox2.onceanddone.com has address 66.251.51.6
> 
> host 66.251.51.6
> Host 6.51.251.66.in-addr.arpa not found: 3(NXDOMAIN)

Ah, I failed to check that.  Therein lies the source of the carp.

> > - Is that a screwy server setup?
> 
> Looks like a mistake by whoever configured their DNS.
> 
> Mistakes happen (wich is why I've lowered the score here).
> 
> > What should I do in the long term?
> 
> > - Send a nastygram to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 
> Why not a nice mail pointing out the mistake (a "1" instead of a
> "4") in their reverse DNS config (unless something indicates that
> the error is intentional)?

Yeah, I didn't really mean a nasty nastygram, more of an
aw_nuts_gram.  But I wanted to get a sanity check (I failed :-) before
I shot my mouth, er keyboard, off.  I'll send him a heads-up.

Thanks.

> Regards
> /Jonas
> -- 
> Jonas Eckerman, FSDB & Frukttr�det
> http://whatever.frukt.org/
> http://www.fsdb.org/
> http://www.frukt.org/

Cheers,
-- 
Bob McClure, Jr.             Bobcat Open Systems, Inc.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]             http://www.bobcatos.com
The mind of sinful man is death, but the mind controlled by the Spirit
is life and peace.  Romans 8:6 (NIV)

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