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Reputation Lookup for IPs
xzap writes "ZDNet is running an article about TrustedSource.org which is a new portal that provides reputation information for IP addresses. It can be used to configure your spam filters or when deciding whether to add an unknown host to your blacklist. Dmitri Alperovitch, a research engineer at CipherTrust said "Often companies don't realize that they have zombie machines on their network that have been sending e-mail. It may be more helpful for organizations to identify which systems on their networks are sending e-mail." Users can drill down to find more information on each domain. The portal is an initiative of CipherTrust who have previously been covered on Slashdot."
Hmm. According to that database, my current IP has two traits: one, it has never been used to send spam etc. (as far as they know); and two, it is "suspicious".
Makes you wonder. If nothing ever came from this IP, then shouldn't it be "unsuspicious" or something like that (or at least "unknown")?
That being said, I wouldn't really trust a company, whose prime motivation is to make money, with things like this anyway. There's already DShield, which is a community effort, so what do we need this for?
quidquid latine dictum sit altum videtur.
A similar site already exists: http://www.senderbase.org/
I just hope this isn't another one of those things where the lists are never cleaned out.
My university is blocking me from checking my email on the engineering network. Why? Because in february someone living in this dorm tried to log in as root. Now, after a new semester has started, *I'm* getting blocked, becuase I now have that IP. Why do people never clean out these lists?
--TheOrangeSquid Is it any wonder things seem so awry? We swim in a sea of confusion and don't have to think to survive
Raised Concern seems to be default if it has not registered any mail.
Wow, this is almost an exact copy of Ironport's Senderbase Reputation Score!
It's better to burn out than to fade away