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Wikipedia seems to suggest that Spamhaus blocked a large chunck of Cyberbunkers IP allocation, when the problem originated with a subset. I suppose given the co
by derrida 14y ago
Wikipedia seems to suggest that Spamhaus blocked a large chunck of Cyberbunkers IP allocation, when the problem originated with a subset. I suppose given the conditions, Wikipedia is perhaps not to be trusted, but it does make me think less of Spamhaus.
In October, 2011, Spamhaus identified CyberBunker as providing hosting for spammers and contacted their upstream provider, A2B, demanding service be cancelled. A2B initially refused, blocking only a single IP address linked to spamming. Spamhaus retaliated by blacklisting all of A2B address space. A2B capitulated, dropping CyberBunker, but then filed complaints with the Dutch police against Spamhaus for extortion.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CyberBunker https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CyberBunker
- enimodas 14y agoSpamhous has a history of blocking much more than the offending IP's, sometimes whole ISPs. It effectively makes the issue a high priority one for the ISP, some call it blackmail. example: http://edpnetissues.blogspot.be/2012/10/22-october-2012.html http://edpnetissues.blogspot.be/2012/10/22-october-2012.html
- TeMPOraL 14y agoFor more examples of blackmail-ishy behaviour, see https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5450049 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5450049.
- DanBC 14y agoStill, they're hardly SPEWS.
- darkarmani 14y agoHow does Spamhaus block IP addresses? Don't they just public a blacklist?