[rbldnsd] question of efficiency

[David Landgren]

Robin Lynn Frank wrote:
> David Landgren wrote:
> 
>> Robin Lynn Frank wrote:
>> [...]
>>
>>> Spamtraps: http://paradigm-omega.net/cgi-bin/custmail.cgi
>>
>>
>>
>> Not Found
>> The requested URL /cgi-bin/custmail.cgi was not found on this server.
>>
> Seems I blew up our local DNS :-(  Or our security director is playing
> games again.  Bet that error page claimed our apache 2.x server was
> MS/IIS 5.0, didn't it? ;-)

Not quite:

Apache/1.3.31 Server at parkweb01.secureserver.net Port 80

> What you didn't see was infinite pages of (sorry for the line wraps):
> This is a list of null-route.merseine.nu customer email addresses. It is
> confidential and completely bogus.
> None of these addresses are legitimate.

yeah I figured that. One of these days in my copious spare time I'll 
write my own just for fun. Until then, I like watching how other people 
do it, to see if there are any social engineering tricks to employ that 
might trip up a spammer.

If I may be so bold, I would suggest that the @null-route.x.y subdomain 
used in the addresses really gives the game away.

David