Content category: "Internet Abuse"
BRBL is now available
Posted on 01. Jun, 2009 by admin.
Today we added the Barracuda Reputation Block List (BRBL – pronounced “bahr-bel”) to our Multi-RBL checking tool. The latter now scans through a total of 52 blacklists. (more…)
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RBL Criticism
Posted on 11. Feb, 2008 by admin.
Tip: RBL stands for “Real-time Blackhole List”. For more information, please refer to http://www.anti-abuse.org/dns-blacklists/
Email users who find their messages blocked from mail servers that use DNSBLs often object vociferously, sometimes to the extent of attacking the existence of the lists themselves. (more…)
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DNS Blacklists
Posted on 05. Jun, 2007 by admin.
What is a DNS blacklist?
A DNS Blacklist (DNSBL) is a mechanism for publishing a list of IP addresses that some people may want to avoid and in a format which can be easily queried by computer programs on the Internet. The technology is built on top of the Internet Domain Name System, or DNS. DNSBLs are chiefly used to publish lists of addresses known to be involved in spam activities. All the modern mail transport agents (mail servers) can be configured to reject or flag messages which have been sent from a site listed on one or more such lists. (more…)
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Phishing: Legal Responses
Posted on 02. Mar, 2007 by admin.
On January 26, 2004, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission filed the first lawsuit against a suspected phisher. The defendant, a Californian teenager, allegedly created and used a webpage designed to look like the America Online website, so that he could steal credit card information. Other countries have followed the lead of the U.S. by tracing and arresting phishers. (more…)
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Multi-RBL Check
