I think MAPS managed to DOS themselves. Since they are refusing queries BIND can't cache the response and so it just keeps trying with every new e-mail. The traffic hitting MAPS servers has to be impressive. Mark Radabaugh Amplex (419) 833-3635 -----Original Message----- From: owner-nanog@merit.edu [mailto:owner-nanog@merit.edu]On Behalf Of Steven J. Sobol Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2001 4:33 PM To: Larry Sheldon Cc: nanog@nanog.org Subject: Re: trapdoor.merit.edu and other impatient Postfix mailers everywhere (fwd) On Thu, 2 Aug 2001, Larry Sheldon wrote:
It is interesting to see some of the sites that not only use(d) the
MAPS
lists for free, but didn't even bother to do the zone transfer mode (which reduces the load on the MAPS servers and speeds up your local use).
At least one of us thinks the zone transfer mode was not free
It was, until just recently. -- JustThe.net LLC - Steve "Web Dude" Sobol, CTO - sjsobol@JustThe.net Donate a portion of your monthly ISP bill to your favorite charity or non-profit organization! E-mail me for details.