Re: off topic : what is the background of fake tld phx.gbm ?

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off topic : what is the background of fake tld ...
\ tsar.peter (15 Aug 2006)
. \ Peter Dambier (16 Aug 2006)

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Subject:	Re: off topic : what is the background of fake tld phx.gbm ?
Group:	Bind-users
From:	Peter Dambier
Date:	16 Aug 2006

tsar.peter wrote:
> I know the subject is off topic. But as we all use dns and most of us
> use bind in various forms, we will encounter this in our logs.
>
> Why has MS made their reverse dns for a number of hosts ending in
> phx.gbl ?
>
> What implications will it have on mixed nameserverinstallations ?
> Anyone ?
>
> Peter h
>

It will allow them

host_name("207.68.146.152","msnbot.msn.com").
host_name("207.68.146.153","sasch1031402.phx.gbl").

sending you SPAM and it will prevent you from bouncing that
SPAM back at them.

No need to worry. Most linux or unix mta will take care of
that and blacklist anything that does not resolve backwards.

Peter and Karin

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