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Date:      Sun, 15 Jul 2001 12:52:37 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Mikhail Teterin <mi@aldan.algebra.com>
To:        mark@grondar.za
Cc:        admins@freebsd.org, security@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: FYI: mx2.FreeBSD.org listed by ORBS 
Message-ID:  <200107151652.f6FGqcO75324@aldan.algebra.com>
In-Reply-To: <200107150758.f6F7wLq99891@grimreaper.grondar.za>

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On 15 Jul, Mark Murray wrote:

> Don't use ORBS. ORBS is DEAD.

Yeah, I figured...

Well, I have not receive an announcement regarding this -- and
orbs usage is an option in the stock sendmail.mc.

Does this warrant a "security advisory"? Because ORBS' misbehavior
may cause someone, who pushes the ORBS-knob in sendmail.mc to stop
getting some e-mail -- it did cause me...

Thanks!

	-mi
	
>> I stopped getting CVS-commit messages and other FreeBSD stuff
>> and checked the maillog...
>> 
>> Jul 15 00:17:21 corbulon sendmail[3955]: f6F4HKW03955:
>> ruleset=check_relay, arg1=mx2.freebsd.org, arg2=216.136.204.119, relay=mx2.freebsd.org [216.136.204.119], reject=550 5.7.1 216.136.204.119 is a spamsource; see http://lookup.orbs.org/verify.php3?address=216.136.204.119
>> 
>> Indeed:
>> 
>> root@corbulon:/etc/mail (109) nslookup 119.204.136.216.spamsources.orbs.org
>> Server:  localhost.video-collage.com
>> Address:  127.0.0.1
>> 
>> Non-authoritative answer:
>> Name:    119.204.136.216.spamsources.orbs.org
>> Address:  127.0.0.2
>> 
>> root@corbulon:/etc/mail (110) nslookup 119.204.136.216.spamsource-netblocks.orbs.org
>> Server:  localhost.video-collage.com
>> Address:  127.0.0.1
>> 
>> Non-authoritative answer:
>> Name:    119.204.136.216.spamsource-netblocks.orbs.org
>> Address:  127.0.0.2
>> 
>> I'm probably not the first to report this, but... What's worse, the
>> ORBS' web-site is down...

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                   '__--( ::::::::..::)--__`	-mi
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                    | :|:::::. ::|: |::|.:|	      Stanislaw J. Lec
                     \ |::  :::_/::/: :|:/
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