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Re: [Asrg] 7. Best Practices - DNSBLs - Article

2003-08-13 05:09:51


On Tue, 12 Aug 2003, Justin Mason wrote:



We do occasionally run overlap tests, but they're quite heavy tests to
run, since you have to run each rule against every other rule as far as I
can see.

--j.

That's roughly right. The results given are informative for the selection
of a single DNSBL. If you can use two blacklists, then it the best
combination doesn't necessarily include the best single DNSBL. With 20
lists, you would need to test 20*19/2 possible combinations to pick the
best pair. But that is what computers are for.

Also note that with a pair of lists, you have a choice to block based
on a single hit, or two hits, and if a single hit, it may depend on which
list. So multiply the possibilities by 3.

Daniel Feenberg
feenberg isat nber dotte org



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