On Fri, Oct 01, 1999 at 04:34:32PM -0700, Jeremy Blackman wrote:
> On Fri, 1 Oct 1999, Rich Kulawiec wrote:
>
> > My majordomo log shows:
> >
> > Oct 01 05:35:51 gsp.org majordomo[29085]
> > {[EMAIL PROTECTED]} lists
>
> I see similar probes from <xxxxxx>[EMAIL PROTECTED] to
> listar@<domain> on various of my machines. (I'm not sure whether to be
> flattered or worried that Listar is apparently common enough now to
> warrant being in list-scanning automation routines.) In particular,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] and [EMAIL PROTECTED] were probed for lists.
>
> > There doesn't seem to be any useful content at www.meta-list.net (just
> > the default install page for Apache) so I'm at somewhat of a loss as
> > to just what's going on here.
>
> Well, the domain belongs to SPEED-LINK GmbH, a German company. My wild
> guess - since they're only probing for what lists exist, not for list
> membership - is that they're planning to set up yet another service to
> offer a frontend subscription to mailing lists they don't actually
> provide... :/
I suspect you're right, though their web page (See
http://www.speed-link.de/internetfall/) doesn't go so far as to
mention subscription services - just a search engine.
I got probed twice.. I'll be amusing to see if their system is smart
enough to remove duplicates.
David
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