> -----Original Message----- > From: Kris Deugau [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2008 3:27 PM > To: users > Subject: Re: New free blacklist: BRBL - Barracuda Reputation Block List > > IMO there's little excuse not to have *some* kind of rDNS on > every single IP delegated from ARIN, RIPE &c. ("We just got assigned a > new /20 and we haven't set them up yet" is one such valid excuse. <g>)
I must disagree on this note. I look forward to the day when we can confidently use the absence of rDNS to identify hosts not authorized to send mail directly to external hosts. As a result of this belief, I do not assign rDNS to any of my customers' IP's until they request one for mail hosting or other legitimate reasons. My hope is that if any of my customers get infected they will trigger Botnet or other rules that target the absence of rDNS. Jason A. Bertoch Network Administrator [EMAIL PROTECTED] Electronet Broadband Communications 3411 Capital Medical Blvd. Tallahassee, FL 32308 (V) 850.222.0229 (F) 850.222.8771