Re: [Semi-OT,important] ORBS globally blocks users of these lists

From: Helge Hafting (helgehaf@idb.hist.no)
Date: Wed Jan 19 2000 - 03:01:22 EST


> They cannot find exact border. It's easy to find out that some of Above.net's
> servers are blocked and what adresses are assigned to Above.net. It's not easy
> (or perhaps even impossible for outsiders) to find out what exactly is blocked.
> So the whole net is marked as "bloking one".
>
Seems to me that this can be solved easily when doing the test:

Test the OK list *first*, and don't bother checking netblocks if it is
in fact ok.

Or do an extra test when a netblock is encountered, to see if maybe
that particular host is a good one on the otherwise nasty subnet.

Helge Hafting

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