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ARTICLES RELATED TO DNSBL - DNSBL Queries |  |  |  | DNSBL - DNSBL Queries: Encyclopedia II - DNSBL - DNSBL OperationTo operate a DNSBL requires three things: a domain to host it under, a nameserver for that domain, and a list of addresses to publish.
It is possible to serve a DNSBL using BIND, the popular DNS software. However, BIND is inefficient for zones containing large numbers of addresses, particularly DNSBLs which list entire Classless Inter-Domain Routing netblocks. DNSBL-specific software—such as Michael J. Tokarev's rbldnsd or Daniel J. Bernstein's rbldns—is faster, uses less memory, and is easier to configure than the general-purpose ...
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 |  |  | DNSBL - DNSBL Queries: Encyclopedia II - DNSBL - History of DNSBLsThe first DNSBL was the Real-time Blackhole List (RBL), created in 1997 by Paul Vixie as part of his Mail Abuse Prevention System (MAPS). Vixie, an influential Internet programmer and administrator, encouraged the authors of sendmail and other mail software to implement RBL clients. These allowed the mail software to query the RBL and reject mail from listed sites. However, the purpose of the RBL was not simply to block spam—it was to educate Internet service providers and other Internet sites about spam and related problems, such as open ...
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