[Mimedefang] Soliciting opinions on filtering based on bad MX records
David T Hollis
dhollis at davehollis.com
Thu Sep 11 17:05:01 EDT 2003
Michael Sims wrote:
> # This hash defines a list of IPs and networks that are bogus when
> # used as an MX. This list should contain any non-routable network,
> # such as loopback or reserved addresses. Each entry should be a
> # subnet/netmask pair. To specify a single host, use 255.255.255.255
> # as the netmask
> my %bogusMXs = (
>
> '0.0.0.0' => '255.255.255.255',
> '127.0.0.0' => '255.0.0.0',
> '10.0.0.0' => '255.0.0.0',
> '172.16.0.0' => '255.240.0.0',
> '192.168.0.0' => '255.255.0.0'
>
> );
>
>
>
I wonder if it would be useful to check against 'bogon' networks as well
(http://www.iana.org/assignments/ipv4-address-space). May be a little
bit tedious maintaining, though it doesn't change that often.
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