Re: [cobalt-users] Could do with some help here.....please :-) SOLVED!

["E.B. Dreger" <eddy+public+spam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

ED> Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2003 20:03:18 +0000 (GMT)
ED> From: E.B. Dreger


ED> Looks like some DNS action.  Check out the registered
ED> nameservers for kscl.org -- either someone pointed their DNS
ED> to you or .org GTLDs are having trouble.

JQ> I firewalled them out, short but sweet :-)

Something I forgot to mention:  You've just succeeded in blocking
traffic from a legitimate server.  TerraWorld is an ISP with
moderate presence here (.ks.us, perhaps other areas), and it'd
be a good idea to leave things unblocked.  Anyone else who tries
resolving kscl.org information will send DNS queries your way,
too; would they also get firewalled off?

This is a perfect example of why I tell people NOT to engage in
knee-jerk blocking.  You gain nothing, and shoot yourself in the
foot. :-(

If you want to decrease your traffic load, add authoritative zone
info for kscl.org.  It's not nice to do, but then neither is
pointing DNS at a random victim.  You might also contact PIR (the
registry handling .org affairs) and see about being removed from
DNS for that domain.


Eddy
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