[extropy-chat] the RBL racket

[Eugen Leitl]

On Mon, Jul 31, 2006 at 10:34:53AM +0100, BillK wrote:

> It is in the SORBSSPEWS-L1 and L2 lists, included in some nLayer ip ranges.
> 
> <http://spews.org/html/S2453.html>
> 
> Of course worldnet should not be using the spews blacklist to block
> email as it is well known that the spews ip range blocks are too
> severe and there are many innocent victims in these ip ranges.

Right. It's inexcusable, and an excellent reason to switch your ISP.
 
> I think the theory behind such drastic blocking is that it might
> persuade the ISP (andromeda.ziaspace.com, in this case) to clean up

That's not an ISP. That's just one of a couple of colo machines
from http://www.ziaspace.com/hosting/index.html

> its act and stop distributing spam to the world.

I could easily use "my bike got stolen in that part of the town"
excuse to destroy streets leading into that part of the city.
That will teach the inhabitants to look out for my bike in future.
Or not.

Of course this is racketeering, and if you do business with
RBL operators you're directly supporting the mafia.

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