Re: Collecting PTR names or IP addresses (Was: Re: IRC Bot list (crossposting))

2005-02-14 Thread Gadi Evron
I wouldn't collect the contents of an A record, if that's what you mean. I meant that it would be better to collect the IP of whoever is connected to the irc server directly, eliminating the entire, possibly misleading, step of DNS lookups. Faking that IP is more difficult. Agreed. I always store

Re: Collecting PTR names or IP addresses (Was: Re: IRC Bot list (crossposting))

2005-02-14 Thread Kevin
On Mon, 14 Feb 2005 12:50:17 +, Ketil Froyn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, 2005-02-14 at 11:29 +0200, Gadi Evron wrote: > > > Isn't it a good idea to collect the IP addresses rather than the ptr > > > name? For instance, if I were an evil person in control of the ptr > > > record of my o

Re: Collecting PTR names or IP addresses (Was: Re: IRC Bot list (crossposting))

2005-02-14 Thread Ketil Froyn
On Mon, 2005-02-14 at 11:29 +0200, Gadi Evron wrote: > > > Isn't it a good idea to collect the IP addresses rather than the ptr > > name? For instance, if I were an evil person in control of the ptr > > record of my own IP, I could easily make the name something like > > 1-2-3-4.dsl.verizon.net,

Re: Collecting PTR names or IP addresses (Was: Re: IRC Bot list (crossposting))

2005-02-14 Thread Gadi Evron
Ketil Froyn wrote: http://www.albany.edu/~ja6447/hacked_bots8.txt Isn't it a good idea to collect the IP addresses rather than the ptr name? For instance, if I were an evil person in control of the ptr record of my own IP, I could easily make the name something like 1-2-3-4.dsl.verizon.net, and if