Date: Thu, 11 Sep 1997 02:35:15 +0000 (GMT) From: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com> To: mcdougall@ameritech.net (Adam McDougall) Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ml.org updaters have problem with 3.0-current Message-ID: <199709110235.TAA23585@usr05.primenet.com> In-Reply-To: <34162D5C.91A9A393@ameritech.net> from "Adam McDougall" at Sep 10, 97 01:17:17 am
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> Hello, I seem to be having a problem with ml.org entry updaters under > 3.0-current. One such client shows this: > > MLDDC 3.1.8 STD Copyright 1997 Artur Skawina <skawina@usa.net> > DNS error (gethostbyname): Connection timed out > > also with a different ml.org updater, > > DYN 2.0 by Jon Klippenstein <random@ocii.com> > Copyright (C) 1997 > Mods (2.x) by Method <method@arena.cwnet.com> > Host: bsdx.dyn.ml.org > IP: 35.9.9.227 > USERNAME: wnman1 > MX: mx > gethostbyname: Transport endpoint is not connected > > Any ideas? All other internet apps work fine. A SPAMmer on the Isle Of Man in the UK forged SPAM from ml.org and gave a bunch of ml.org accounts as "contact us here!". It was a "fake SPAM", ie: it's sole purpose seems to have been to disrupt ml.org. Apparently, they used the FreeBSD list archives in order to harvest addresses. This is apparently a very targetted attack. I have provided full trace interpretation to them for them to give to the FBI, and their lawyers, both of whom are apparently invloved in investigating the incident. I will have my sendmail signed key exchange RFC ready in a month or so, after which the authority can refuse to sign keys for spammers, as part of their contractual obligations. Regards, Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.
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