Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 9 Sep 2002 07:06:18 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 9 Sep 2002 07:06:18 -0400 Received: from mail.hometree.net ([212.34.181.120]:46766 "EHLO mail.hometree.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Mon, 9 Sep 2002 07:06:16 -0400 To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Path: forge.intermeta.de!not-for-mail From: "Henning P. Schmiedehausen" Newsgroups: hometree.linux.kernel Subject: Re: Disabled kernel.org accounts Date: Mon, 9 Sep 2002 11:11:00 +0000 (UTC) Organization: INTERMETA - Gesellschaft fuer Mehrwertdienste mbH Message-ID: References: <18629.1031548515@kao2.melbourne.sgi.com> Reply-To: hps@intermeta.de NNTP-Posting-Host: forge.intermeta.de X-Trace: tangens.hometree.net 1031569860 2593 212.34.181.4 (9 Sep 2002 11:11:00 GMT) X-Complaints-To: news@intermeta.de NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 9 Sep 2002 11:11:00 +0000 (UTC) X-Copyright: (C) 1996-2002 Henning Schmiedehausen X-No-Archive: yes X-Newsreader: NN version 6.5.1 (NOV) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 2024 Lines: 62 Keith Owens writes: >On 6 Sep 2002 16:54:17 -0700, >"H. Peter Anvin" wrote: >>I have disabled several kernel.org accounts due to bouncing email. >>If you have a kernel.org account and you can no longer log in, please >>contact me and provide an updated, *working* email. >It does not help when 63.209.4.196 does not have a valid reverse DNS. >Some sites recognize it as neon-gw-l3.transmeta.com but four different >sites in USA and AUS cannot do a reverse lookup on 63.209.4.196. That >makes you look like just another level3 spammer. Well, the reason for this are missing NS records: % whois 63.209.4.196@whois.arin.net [whois.arin.net] OrgName: Level 3 Communications, Inc. OrgID: LVLT NetRange: 63.208.0.0 - 63.215.255.255 CIDR: 63.208.0.0/13 NetName: LEVEL4-CIDR NetHandle: NET-63-208-0-0-1 Parent: NET-63-0-0-0-0 NetType: Direct Allocation NameServer: NS1.LEVEL3.NET NameServer: NS2.LEVEL3.NET % dig @ns1.level3.net -x 63.209.4.196 [... no answer ...] % dig @ns2.level3.net -x 63.209.4.196 [... no answer ...] Go figure. ARIN itself says: % dig @ARROWROOT.ARIN.NET -x 63.209 ;; AUTHORITY SECTION: 209.63.in-addr.arpa. 86400 IN NS NS1.LEVEL3.net. 209.63.in-addr.arpa. 86400 IN NS NS2.LEVEL3.net. % dig @ns1.level3.net -x 63.209 [... no answer ...] % dig @ns2.level3.net -x 63.209 [... no answer ...] So they're a really, really crappy ISP. Maybe they're cheap so everyone uses them... Regards Henning -- Dipl.-Inf. (Univ.) Henning P. Schmiedehausen -- Geschaeftsfuehrer INTERMETA - Gesellschaft fuer Mehrwertdienste mbH hps@intermeta.de Am Schwabachgrund 22 Fon.: 09131 / 50654-0 info@intermeta.de D-91054 Buckenhof Fax.: 09131 / 50654-20 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/