Beta release 4.47.1 - auto-update phishing sites list

[Julian Field]

It just means our main net connection doesn't yet run native IPv6. We  
have a separate IPv6 feed, but we use that for research work.

On 11 Oct 2005, at 08:54, Martin Hepworth wrote:

> Jules
>
> Fun and games doing the auto-update phishing sites update this AM...
>
>
> --03:30:00--  http://www.mailscanner.info/ 
> phishing.safe.sites.conf.master
>            => `phishing.safe.sites.conf.master'
> Resolving www.mailscanner.info... done.
> Connecting to
> www.mailscanner.info[2001:630:d0:f102:204:23ff:feb9:897f]:80...  
> failed: No
> route to host.
> Connecting to www.mailscanner.info[152.78.68.160]:80... connected.
> HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 Found
> Location:
> http://www.sng.ecs.soton.ac.uk/mailscanner/files/4/ 
> phishing.safe.sites.conf.
> master [following]
> --03:30:20--
> http://www.sng.ecs.soton.ac.uk/mailscanner/files/4/ 
> phishing.safe.sites.conf.
> master
>            => `phishing.safe.sites.conf.master'
> Resolving www.sng.ecs.soton.ac.uk... done.
> Connecting to
> www.sng.ecs.soton.ac.uk[2001:630:d0:f102:204:23ff:feb9:897f]:80...  
> failed:
> No route to host.
> Connecting to www.sng.ecs.soton.ac.uk[152.78.68.160]:80... connected.
> HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
> Length: 13,645 [text/plain]
>
>     0K .......... ...                                        100%   
> 160.54
> KB/s
>
> 03:30:20 (160.54 KB/s) - `phishing.safe.sites.conf.master' saved
> [13645/13645]
>
> Phishing safe sites list updated.
>
> --
> Martin Hepworth
> Snr Systems Administrator
> Solid State Logic
> Tel: +44 (0)1865 842300
>
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> On Behalf
> Of Julian Field
> Sent: 09 October 2005 15:54
> To: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
> Subject: [MAILSCANNER] Beta release 4.47.1 - auto-update phishing  
> sites list
>
> * PGP Signed by an unmatched address: 10/09/05 at 15:54:03
>
> I have just released the first beta release of 4.47.
>
> The main new feature here is to automatically update the
> phishing.safe.sites.conf file every day.
> All your local changes will be kept, so there is no need to change how
> you use the file at all.
>
> But if you post me details of new additions to the file, I will add  
> them
> to the master list, and they will appear in everyone's list within  
> a day.
>
> If sites are added to the master list which turn out to be false,  
> then I
> can just add a "REMOVE site.com" line to the master file and that will
> be removed from everyone's whitelist. So if you don't approve of  
> one of
> my additions, you can add your own "REMOVE site.com" line so you don't
> use my listing for that site.com.
>
> So it's all pretty safe, and it should be impossible to subvert it. I
> personally vet every application to add a host to the list. But if I
> list one I shouldn't, then it is very easy for me (or you) to undo  
> this
> with the "REMOVE" syntax.
>
> I hope you all find this useful and will upgrade to the new release at
> the start of November.
>
> In the mean time, I would be eternally grateful if you could test this
> new feature for me.
>
> -- 
> Julian Field
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