[dns-operations] negative caching of throwaway spam domains

Paul Vixie paul at vix.com
Thu Jul 6 20:09:34 UTC 2006


> I've created a DNSRBL called day-old-bread (ok you think of a good name for
> it) that contains a running list of domains registered in the last 5 days.
> It lives at dob.sibl.support-intelligence.net.

i've been running with this for a few weeks.  here's the last 7 days, noting
that my mta stops after the first reputation-server hit (rather than trying
them all; i know there's a postfix patch out there to OR them all together
but i don't know where it is and i'm not running it.)  my config is approx:

        reject_unknown_sender_domain,
        reject_non_fqdn_sender,
        reject_unknown_recipient_domain,
	reject_non_fqdn_recipient,
        reject_unauth_destination,
	check_policy_service inet:204.152.187.1:2501,	# greylister
	reject_rhsbl_client dob.sibl.support-intelligence.net,
	reject_rhsbl_sender dob.sibl.support-intelligence.net,
	reject_rbl_client rbl-plus.mail-abuse.org,
	reject_rbl_client sbl-xbl.spamhaus.org,
        reject_rbl_client dnsbl.sorbs.net,
	reject_rbl_client nonconfirm.mail-abuse.org,
        reject_unknown_client,
        reject_invalid_hostname,
        reject_non_fqdn_hostname,
        reject_unknown_hostname,
	reject_rbl_client reject-all.vix.com

so, it's first-one-wins, and wessorh's new d-o-b services get first whack.
in the first display, SIBL shows respectable results, on par with SORBS in
most cases.  in the second display, i'll include a detailed report of just
the SIBL hits across the full timespan.  (and before anyone asks, reject-all
is private, and won't be exported to anyone under any circumstances.)

as far as i'm concerned, the early results from rejecting all e-mail from
domains under 5 days old are quite good, and i encourage wessorh to take it
forward (out of dns-operations and into the anti-spam community somewhere.)

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rejects  #/host  #/from    #/to  #/helo (Jul 6 00:00:00 - Jul 6 19:57:18)
    516     257     338     218     259 dnsbl.sorbs.net
    335     123      62      61     268 dob.sibl.support-intelligence.net
   4181    2368    3128    1257    1481 rbl-plus.mail-abuse.org
    961     693     582     369     674 reject-all.vix.com
   1388     741     916     496     560 sbl-xbl.spamhaus.org

rejects  #/host  #/from    #/to  #/helo (Jul 5 00:00:00 - Jul 6 00:00:00)
    638     339     427     279     325 dnsbl.sorbs.net
    330     117      55      67     280 dob.sibl.support-intelligence.net
      3       2       3       3       2 nonconfirm.mail-abuse.org
   6429    3578    4691    1499    2370 rbl-plus.mail-abuse.org
    983     692     628     393     680 reject-all.vix.com
   2811     786    1090     500     664 sbl-xbl.spamhaus.org

rejects  #/host  #/from    #/to  #/helo (Jul 4 00:00:00 - Jul 5 00:00:00)
    563     380     421     298     337 dnsbl.sorbs.net
    301     109      57      51     251 dob.sibl.support-intelligence.net
      3       2       3       3       2 nonconfirm.mail-abuse.org
   4973    3160    3903    1376    2018 rbl-plus.mail-abuse.org
    905     617     572     412     625 reject-all.vix.com
   2280     520     737     429     513 sbl-xbl.spamhaus.org

rejects  #/host  #/from    #/to  #/helo (Jul 3 00:00:00 - Jul 4 00:00:00)
    506     258     349     198     282 dnsbl.sorbs.net
    417     204      71      70     336 dob.sibl.support-intelligence.net
      1       1       1       1       1 nonconfirm.mail-abuse.org
   4420    3017    3729    1229    1840 rbl-plus.mail-abuse.org
    849     607     618     397     600 reject-all.vix.com
   1178     509     794     404     533 sbl-xbl.spamhaus.org

rejects  #/host  #/from    #/to  #/helo (Jul 2 00:00:00 - Jul 3 00:00:00)
    329     213     231     194     183 dnsbl.sorbs.net
    382     101      61      64     310 dob.sibl.support-intelligence.net
   3999    2506    3057    1175    1395 rbl-plus.mail-abuse.org
    859     604     550     360     599 reject-all.vix.com
    928     486     671     339     455 sbl-xbl.spamhaus.org

rejects  #/host  #/from    #/to  #/helo (Jul 1 00:00:00 - Jul 2 00:00:00)
    410     140     160     132     120 dnsbl.sorbs.net
     93      56      24      40      82 dob.sibl.support-intelligence.net
   2933    2073    2495    1051     897 rbl-plus.mail-abuse.org
    895     428     422     305     421 reject-all.vix.com
    727     447     584     357     325 sbl-xbl.spamhaus.org

rejects  #/host  #/from    #/to  #/helo (Jun 30 00:00:00 - Jul 1 00:00:00)
    317     214     250     170     181 dnsbl.sorbs.net
    382     148      72      71     318 dob.sibl.support-intelligence.net
   3949    2773    3259    1182    1469 rbl-plus.mail-abuse.org
    894     610     616     372     604 reject-all.vix.com
   1208     803     916     452     573 sbl-xbl.spamhaus.org

rejects  #/host  #/from    #/to  #/helo (Jun 29 00:00:00 - Jun 30 00:00:00)
    334     229     257     192     194 dnsbl.sorbs.net
    335     102      65      62     270 dob.sibl.support-intelligence.net
   4109    2877    3641    1251    1271 rbl-plus.mail-abuse.org
    875     612     684     420     601 reject-all.vix.com
   2119     730    1244     555     824 sbl-xbl.spamhaus.org

rejects  #/host  #/from    #/to  #/helo (Jun 28 00:00:00 - Jun 29 00:00:00)
    400     216     279     188     220 dnsbl.sorbs.net
    320     125      97      60     205 dob.sibl.support-intelligence.net
      1       1       1       1       1 nonconfirm.mail-abuse.org
   5349    3633    4628    1367    1767 rbl-plus.mail-abuse.org
    884     628     638     401     612 reject-all.vix.com
   1277     842    1002     498     595 sbl-xbl.spamhaus.org

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rejects  #/host  #/from    #/to  #/helo (Jun 28 00:25:44 - Jul 6 20:00:51)
   2896     922     557     124    1652 dob.sibl.support-intelligence.net

dob.sibl.support-intelligence.net (2896 total)
        hosts:
           57 dwltdrl at antidotaltreatment.com
           56 cle at chromosomal-environment.com
           56 shp at budgetary-calculator.com
           54 Eat4free at forwarder-hitman.com
           53 fgs at unstoppable-customer.com
           48 ptv at conceptual-nightmare.com
           41 agfc at undiscovered-greatness.com
           40 ntq at eternaltrickster.com
           40 LaptopVoucher at classical-pursuit.com
        senders:
           57 dwltdrl at antidotaltreatment.com
           56 cle at chromosomal-environment.com
           56 shp at budgetary-calculator.com
           54 Eat4free at forwarder-hitman.com
           53 fgs at unstoppable-customer.com
           48 ptv at conceptual-nightmare.com
           46 LaptopVoucher at eighties-floruit.com
           46 LaptopVoucher at successivehearing.com
           45 Eatfree at fraudulent-handwriting.com
        recips:
          119 curlymo at cix.net
          109 crodriguez5 at cix.net
          108 dee10609 at cix.net
          105 loser35 at cix.net
          104 mikeycool at cix.net
          103 anasia at cix.net
          103 bluebirdcjs at cix.net
           97 frogsintheusa at cix.net
           73 khajkshdjkas at cix.net
        hellos:
           16 playsecondfiddletofashionable.net
           14 patronglossary.net
           12 ruggedlinguistic.net
           11 mail.hostngrp.com
           10 perforatevigorous.net
            9 softsellfinancial.com
            8 pastsaid.net
            8 webmail01.musksplat.com
            7 mssql2.gallanthair-line.com

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