Technical Summary
The rise of spam and other anti-social behavior on the Internet has
led to the creation of shared DNS-based lists ("DNSBLs") of IP
addresses or domain names intended to help guide email filtering.
This memo summarizes guidelines of accepted best practise for the
management of public DNSBLs by their operators as well as for the
proper use of such lists by mail server administrators (DNSBL users),
and it provides useful background for both parties. It is not
intended to advise on the utility or efficacy of particular DNSBLs or
the DNSBL concept in general, nor to assist end users with questions
about spam.
Working Group Summary
This document is a product of the Anti-Spam Research Group and
represents the consensus of that group.
Document Quality
This document is a research publication of the IRTF.
Personnel
Pete Resnick <presnick@qualcomm.com> is the responsible Area Director.
IESG Note
The IESG has concluded that this work is related to IETF work done
in the MARF WG and the as-yet-unchartered REPUTE BOF, but this relationship
does not prevent publishing.