[rbldnsd] how to make public (DNS)RBL?

[Steven Champeon]

on Fri, May 15, 2009 at 06:17:46PM -0500, Dave Pooser wrote:
> > P.S. I guess the best way for me to explain how I do it (trap naughty
> > IP's), is to start letting ppl use it. No? :)
> 
> No.
> 
> If you can't explain it, sane admins won't use it. (Granted, that leaves
> several million admins who might, but if you spend too much time dealing
> with nothing but crazy it tends to rub off.) You don't have to give away all
> your secret sauce, but when you're claiming to have roughly 1/4 of the
> Internet blacklisted you need to give some idea how you're building this
> list so people can determine how much weight to give a listing.

*ting*

Isn't there a BCP or something about how to responsibly run a DNSBL?

Ah, yes. I knew it. 

http://www.nabble.com/DNSBL-BCP-v.2.0-p8874665.html

Start reading at 2.1. (Well, read the whole thing, but 2.1 is of special
interest here).

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