[kwlug-disc] DNS Black Hole server

[Ronald Barnes]

Hi,

I've been looking for a project to use as an excuse to learn Python.

I decided to recreate the service once offered by:

dig +short my.ip @outsideip.net

which is sadly defunct.


So, there's now a DNS black hole prototype up at xmpp.kwvoip.ca 
(199.212.143.213), along with a small list of trackers / ad servers.

If anyone has a hosts file with more that they'd like to contribute; it 
would be appreciated.


The server will respond with NXDOMAIN (doesn't exist) for the trackers, 
etc. or with your *WAN-side* IP if the domain requested is "my.ip".


No recursion available, so if you want to test it with "dig", 
"nslookup", or as your router's primary DNS server, make sure you have a 
secondary server too.


Any feedback would be most welcome!


Either via this email list, or in our spiffy IM conference room:

> xmpp:conference at conference.xmpp.kwvoip.ca?join

You can get an account at that server if you don't already have an XMPP 
/ Jabber account.



Thanks!

rb