SpamHaus DROP list
Alex Neuman van der Hans
alex at nkpanama.com
Tue Oct 16 02:44:25 IST 2007
Michael Mansour wrote:
> Hi Alex,
>
> */Alex Neuman van der Hans <alex at nkpanama.com>/* wrote:
>
> Anybody here had any success/horror stories regarding the
> implementation
> of the SpamHaus DROP list? I've been getting a lot of crap (spam and
> other assorted network nonsense) from places in the DROP list and I'd
> like to know if it's worth implementing at the firewall level. Any
> info
> on false positives would be good too, specially if there are any
> otherwise legit servers in that "rough network neighborhood".
>
> I've been using the droplist for years and have never had any issues
> with it.
>
> I have a script which runs which queries the site for new updates,
> then applies to the blocklist and runs a shorewall refresh automatically.
>
> I've never had complaints from anyone from getting blocked from those
> IP's, since they are IP's which have been hijacked.
>
By "new updates" do you "wget" or "curl" the drop.lasso file (whatever
the name is) and "diff" the existing file? I'm looking to write a simple
script using iptables that'll do that, unless somebody's already
invented the wheel.
> Regards,
>
> Michael.
>
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