Spam blocking list: TM retaliation??
Recent failure in spamhaus zen database lookup made me suspect TM is blocking spamhaus by crafting fake spamhaus zone in their name servers or only a failure in maintaining their name servers.
Is this act of revenge of failure in maintaining their name servers? I don’t really have the answer.
No doubt, TM has a “good” track record on spam blocking list of spam database watchdogs.
http://www.spamhaus.org/sbl/listings.lasso?isp=tm.net.my
Found 14 SBL listings for IPs under the responsibility of tm.net.my.
I have run through a few tests on 3 ISPs, namely TMNut, Jaring and Starhub of Singapore to confirm my findings.
TMNuT Name Server
%dig @202.188.0.133 217.53.75.202.zen.spamhaus.org A
; <<>> DiG 9.3.3 <<>> @202.188.0.133 217.53.75.202.zen.spamhaus.org A
; (1 server found)
;; global options: printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: SERVFAIL, id: 32474
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0
;; QUESTION SECTION:
;217.53.75.202.zen.spamhaus.org. IN A
;; Query time: 2263 msec
;; SERVER: 202.188.0.133#53(202.188.0.133)
;; WHEN: Wed Apr 18 11:54:16 2007
;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 48
%dig @202.188.1.5 217.53.75.202.zen.spamhaus.org
; <<>> DiG 9.3.3 <<>> @202.188.1.5 217.53.75.202.zen.spamhaus.org
; (1 server found)
;; global options: printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: SERVFAIL, id: 53779
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0
;; QUESTION SECTION:
;217.53.75.202.zen.spamhaus.org. IN A
;; Query time: 2071 msec
;; SERVER: 202.188.1.5#53(202.188.1.5)
;; WHEN: Wed Apr 18 11:55:50 2007
;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 48
Jaring Name Server
$ dig @161.142.2.17 217.53.75.202.zen.spamhaus.org A
; <<>> DiG 9.3.3 <<>> @161.142.2.17 217.53.75.202.zen.spamhaus.org A
; (1 server found)
;; global options: printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 5640
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 15, ADDITIONAL: 10
;; QUESTION SECTION:
;217.53.75.202.zen.spamhaus.org. IN A
;; ANSWER SECTION:
217.53.75.202.zen.spamhaus.org. 1800 IN A 127.0.0.2
;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
zen.spamhaus.org. 14484 IN NS y.ns.spamhaus.org.
zen.spamhaus.org. 14484 IN NS x.ns.spamhaus.org.
zen.spamhaus.org. 14484 IN NS t.ns.spamhaus.org.
zen.spamhaus.org. 14484 IN NS s.ns.spamhaus.org.
zen.spamhaus.org. 14484 IN NS r.ns.spamhaus.org.
zen.spamhaus.org. 14484 IN NS q.ns.spamhaus.org.
zen.spamhaus.org. 14484 IN NS o.ns.spamhaus.org.
zen.spamhaus.org. 14484 IN NS n.ns.spamhaus.org.
zen.spamhaus.org. 14484 IN NS m.ns.spamhaus.org.
zen.spamhaus.org. 14484 IN NS l.ns.spamhaus.org.
zen.spamhaus.org. 14484 IN NS i.ns.spamhaus.org.
zen.spamhaus.org. 14484 IN NS h.ns.spamhaus.org.
zen.spamhaus.org. 14484 IN NS g.ns.spamhaus.org.
zen.spamhaus.org. 14484 IN NS f.ns.spamhaus.org.
zen.spamhaus.org. 14484 IN NS e.ns.spamhaus.org.
;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
y.ns.spamhaus.org. 16368 IN A 199.231.137.100
x.ns.spamhaus.org. 16234 IN A 67.15.189.11
x.ns.spamhaus.org. 16234 IN A 216.87.144.163
x.ns.spamhaus.org. 16234 IN A 128.194.177.132
t.ns.spamhaus.org. 36013 IN A 130.111.130.37
t.ns.spamhaus.org. 36013 IN A 66.133.129.157
s.ns.spamhaus.org. 84241 IN A 209.92.188.205
r.ns.spamhaus.org. 71416 IN A 171.66.2.21
r.ns.spamhaus.org. 71416 IN A 169.229.0.189
m.ns.spamhaus.org. 10039 IN A 64.76.16.57
;; Query time: 211 msec
;; SERVER: 161.142.2.17#53(161.142.2.17)
;; WHEN: Wed Apr 18 12:19:06 2007
;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 497
Starhub Name Server
$ dig @203.116.1.78 217.53.75.202.zen.spamhaus.org A
; <<>> DiG 9.3.1 <<>> @203.116.1.78 217.53.75.202.zen.spamhaus.org A
; (1 server found)
;; global options: printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 56744
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 15, ADDITIONAL: 12
;; QUESTION SECTION:
;217.53.75.202.zen.spamhaus.org. IN A
;; ANSWER SECTION:
217.53.75.202.zen.spamhaus.org. 1785 IN A 127.0.0.2
;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
zen.spamhaus.org. 84290 IN NS y.ns.spamhaus.org.
zen.spamhaus.org. 84290 IN NS x.ns.spamhaus.org.
zen.spamhaus.org. 84290 IN NS t.ns.spamhaus.org.
zen.spamhaus.org. 84290 IN NS s.ns.spamhaus.org.
zen.spamhaus.org. 84290 IN NS r.ns.spamhaus.org.
zen.spamhaus.org. 84290 IN NS q.ns.spamhaus.org.
zen.spamhaus.org. 84290 IN NS o.ns.spamhaus.org.
zen.spamhaus.org. 84290 IN NS n.ns.spamhaus.org.
zen.spamhaus.org. 84290 IN NS m.ns.spamhaus.org.
zen.spamhaus.org. 84290 IN NS l.ns.spamhaus.org.
zen.spamhaus.org. 84290 IN NS i.ns.spamhaus.org.
zen.spamhaus.org. 84290 IN NS h.ns.spamhaus.org.
zen.spamhaus.org. 84290 IN NS g.ns.spamhaus.org.
zen.spamhaus.org. 84290 IN NS f.ns.spamhaus.org.
zen.spamhaus.org. 84290 IN NS e.ns.spamhaus.org.
;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
y.ns.spamhaus.org. 84258 IN A 199.231.137.100
x.ns.spamhaus.org. 84258 IN A 216.87.144.163
x.ns.spamhaus.org. 84258 IN A 67.15.189.11
x.ns.spamhaus.org. 84258 IN A 128.194.177.132
t.ns.spamhaus.org. 84258 IN A 66.133.129.157
t.ns.spamhaus.org. 84258 IN A 130.111.130.37
s.ns.spamhaus.org. 84258 IN A 209.92.188.205
r.ns.spamhaus.org. 84258 IN A 169.229.0.189
r.ns.spamhaus.org. 84258 IN A 171.66.2.21
o.ns.spamhaus.org. 84258 IN A 143.215.130.15
o.ns.spamhaus.org. 84258 IN A 216.157.144.101
o.ns.spamhaus.org. 84258 IN A 216.157.144.102
;; Query time: 22 msec
;; SERVER: 203.116.1.78#53(203.116.1.78)
;; WHEN: Wed Apr 18 20:10:16 2007
;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 499
