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Reputation Lookup for IPs

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the you-can-never-have-too-many-statistics dept.

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."

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  1. Not that impressed by timbrown · · Score: 5, Interesting

    It showed my IP blocks as having raised concern, despite the fact that they're not on any black lists and I can't why it has drawn that conclusion. Also, using the domain checker, it has no knowledge of non-TLDs meaning it will treat xxx.org.uk and yyy.org.uk as the same domain - org.uk.

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  2. Hmm... by slavemowgli · · Score: 5, Informative

    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?

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  3. A similar email validation site by bluepuddle · · Score: 5, Informative

    A similar site already exists: http://www.senderbase.org/