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Researchers Probe Dark and Murky Net

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the walled-garden dept.

umm qasr writes: "Security Focus has an interesting article on blocks of internet space that are hidden from most users, it is based on a survey by Arbor Networks. The most common 'invisible sites' being .mil, which seems is unintentional. The survey suggests others, which seem more sinister...using unused netblock addresses to send spam. It's a bit short on the details but interesting none the less."

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  1. A lot of truth to this parent. by Mustang+Matt · · Score: 3, Insightful

    IPv6 could lead to a lot of new problems. I think it's necessary but even with IPv6 we need better methods of allocation.

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  2. Routes withdrawn after spamming? by cperciva · · Score: 4, Insightful

    While the proposed explanation is quite possible, there is a simpler explanation: The spammer's upstream ISP disconnected them. Cut them off, and their advertised BGP routes will automatically lapse -- resulting in the rest of the internet simply seeing a spam source followed by a withdrawn BGP route.

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  3. Re:.info and other new TLDs in the dark, too? by armb · · Score: 4, Insightful

    > > only 0-9, a-z, dots, and it should end by two characters or com/net/org/edu
    > No, you cannot enforce this. How about non-English character domain name?

    What part of "new conventions like non-ascii characters" don't you understand?

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