Earlier this summer ICANN supposedly approved the .XXX TLD. I say "supposedly", as they are now back peddling quickly. You may recall some press coverage recently about ICANN and the US government, or more specifically the US government's influence over the internet. Of course we all know that the 'net started out as a military network, but that was then. This is now. It … [Read more...] about Backpeddling and fumbling – ICANN halts Adult TLD
Fraud works
I've always been fascinated by spammers. They send millions of emails out in the hope that enough people will be duped into clicking on the link and visiting whichever site they are promoting or buying into whichever service they are selling. The phishing emails vary in their complexity, but you would have thought that the majority of people would have learnt to be more … [Read more...] about Fraud works
Graphing RBLDNSD queries using MRTG
Some time ago I wrote about setting up a local mirror for a DNS blacklist using RBLDNSD and Bind. Although that works fine and definitely gives a speed up to servers on the network I'd really like to know what is happening ie. how many queries. … [Read more...] about Graphing RBLDNSD queries using MRTG
Spam Assassin Rule effectiveness
Justin has posted an interesting study of a rule's effectiveness over time. His observations are interesting. … [Read more...] about Spam Assassin Rule effectiveness
Search.ie soft relaunch
I've been trying to get the new look search.ie online for the last couple of months in my spare time. However, due to a number of factors, this has been dragged out for an inordinate length of time. I decided to launch it this afternoon (soft launch :) ) as quite a few people had been emailing me about link submissions. There are probably bugs and issues, but I can deal with … [Read more...] about Search.ie soft relaunch