Rick Ballard <RichardBallard@???> probably said:
> I have noticed problems with the various RBL servers over the past
> few weeks. Today, none of
>
> rbl.maps.vix.com
> dul.maps.vix.com
> dssl.imrss.org
>
> are reachable, and in fact can not even be looked up in the DNS,
> although maps.vix.com and www.imrss.org can.
> nslookup rbl.maps.vix.com
> *** dmx1.atl.sofkin.ca can't find rbl.maps.vix.com: Non-existent
> host/domain
You're not taking into account how RBL and DNS in general works.
There is no A record for rbl.maps.vix.com, don't think there ever has been
and there doesn't need to be. It's not a host.
There are NS records, however, which there should be.
pir@mrow> dig rbl.maps.vix.com any
[...]
;; ANSWER SECTION:
rbl.maps.vix.com. 5d16h46m2s IN NS ns3.above.net.
rbl.maps.vix.com. 5d16h46m2s IN NS max.bungi.com.
rbl.maps.vix.com. 5d16h46m2s IN NS ns.eu.net.
rbl.maps.vix.com. 5d16h46m2s IN NS ns-ext.vix.com.
rbl.maps.vix.com. 5d16h46m2s IN NS nn.uninett.no.
rbl.maps.vix.com. 5d16h46m2s IN NS ns2.sztaki.hu.
rbl.maps.vix.com. 22S IN SOA isrv1.pa.vix.com. rbl.maps.vix.com. (
[...]
To test RBL look up the A and TXT records for the test entry, 127.0.0.2.
pir@mrow> dig 2.0.0.127.rbl.maps.vix.com any | grep '^2\.'
2.0.0.127.rbl.maps.vix.com. 3m19s IN TXT "Blackholed - see <URL:
http://maps.vix.com/cgi-bin/lookup?127.0.0.2>"
2.0.0.127.rbl.maps.vix.com. 3m19s IN A 127.0.0.2
Seems to be working fine to me.
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