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Re: [Asrg] RFC 6471 and "listing the Internet" as a punishment

Chris Lewis <clewis+ietf@mustelids.ca> Tue, 24 January 2012 21:42 UTC

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On 12-01-24 01:23 PM, darxus@chaosreigns.com wrote:
> As I tried to say in the past, having a value to return for all
> queries from a DNS server that has been deemed abusive is *useful* to
> black/whitelist providers.  Enough that it's looking like it'll be done
> whether the ASRG likes it or not.  If you'd prefer something other than
> 127.0.0.1 to be used, document it somewhere.

As I've said more than once, there are two methods of doing it 
documented already that are preferable to listing the world:

- return TEST NET DNS server addresses, OR
- return something outside of 127.0.0.0/8

The first one has the advantage of doing something useful EVEN IF the 
DNSBL client has never heard of RFC6471.

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