SA Bugzilla – Bug 7279
Changes on SURBL.org to SC, AB, JP & WS
Last modified: 2022-04-03 08:49:43 UTC
Change #1 - Comment out SC & AB for SURBL.org. Rename bit 64 ABUSE - Timeframe immediate Change #2 - Comment out WS after May 1, 2016 Original Announcement: New ABUSE sublist -- SC, AB sublists deprecated -- migration to ABUSE December 18, 2015 In order to keep improving SURBL data, we plan to reorganize some of the sublists inside the combined list multi as described below. SC, AB sublists deprecated, merged into ABUSE sublist with JP Until now the SURBL multi data set consisted of the two typed sublists MW (malware) and PH (phishing) and several general data sets (AB, JP, SC and WS), each with its own bit mask value. To simplify the use of multi and to prepare for more detailed typing information in the future we will be merging the above general lists into a single sublist that will be known as ABUSE. All domains listed on ABUSE will return bit mask 64, the value previously used by the JP sublist. Effective immediately, the SC and AB data sets have been migrated and are already part of ABUSE, as is the JP data set. These migrated data sets now no longer return bit mask values 2 (SC) and 32 (AB) but 64. Their old bit mask values have been deprecated. WS sublist to be deprecated after transition period The WS sublist will be migrated into ABUSE (bit mask value 64) after a transition period, per the timeline at the end of this announcement. Its old bit mask value 4 will then be deprecated. For compatibility with existing applications, any TXT records for hosts listed on ABUSE will continue to identify the sublist name as JP until the end of the transition period. To existing unmodified applications it will appear that the SC and AB sublists have been emptied and their data added to the JP sublist. Generally we recommend that application developers not depend on particular TXT records, as they are meant for human readers (for example, in non-delivery messages) and are subject to change without notice. Applications should always use the numeric (A record) return values from DNS queries instead. Timeline Deprecation of the SC, AB sublists - Immediate AB => bit mask value 64 SC => bit mask value 64 Migration of WS dataset to ABUSE - 1 May 2016 WS => bit mask value 64 renaming of ABUSE TXT record The documentation on the SURBL site will be updated over the next few weeks to reflect the changes. It has not been updated yet. http://www.surbl.org/lists Recommended action We recommend that SURBL application developers prepare to update their configurations according to these changes so they are ready when the changes are put into production on our name servers and zone files. Please direct followup discussion to the SURBL Discussion list. _______________________________________________ Announce mailing list Announce@lists.surbl.org
Change #1 done for trunk and 3.4 branch svn commit -m 'Change #1 from bug 7279 for SURBL list changes for 3.4' Sending rules/25_uribl.cf Sending rules/30_text_de.cf Sending rules/30_text_pt_br.cf Sending rules/50_scores.cf Transmitting file data .... Committed revision 1721238. svn commit -m 'Change #1 from bug 7279 for SURBL list changes for trunk' Sending rules/25_uribl.cf Sending rules/30_text_de.cf Sending rules/30_text_pt_br.cf Sending rules/50_scores.cf Transmitting file data .... Committed revision 1721241.
If someone is inclined to test, might be able to add metas for the old rule names to stop customized places from getting a rule error. Something like this? Index: rules/25_uribl.cf =================================================================== --- rules/25_uribl.cf (revision 1721241) +++ rules/25_uribl.cf (working copy) @@ -117,6 +117,7 @@ #describe URIBL_SC_SURBL Contains an URL listed in the SC SURBL blocklist #tflags URIBL_SC_SURBL net #reuse URIBL_SC_SURBL +meta URIBL_SC_SURBL (0) urirhssub URIBL_WS_SURBL multi.surbl.org. A 4 body URIBL_WS_SURBL eval:check_uridnsbl('URIBL_WS_SURBL') @@ -142,8 +143,11 @@ #describe URIBL_AB_SURBL Contains an URL listed in the AB SURBL blocklist #tflags URIBL_AB_SURBL net #reuse URIBL_AB_SURBL +meta URIBL_AB_SURBL (0) #JP MOVED INTO ABUSE AS WELL AND BIT REUSED per bug 7279 +meta URIBL_JP_SURBL (0) + urirhssub URIBL_ABUSE_SURBL multi.surbl.org. A 64 body URIBL_ABUSE_SURBL eval:check_uridnsbl('URIBL_ABUSE_SURBL') describe URIBL_ABUSE_SURBL Contains an URL listed in the ABUSE SURBL blocklist
URIBL_SC_SURBL rule & friends have been commented in r1721241, any reason why they are still present in 10_force_active.cf ?
Closing resolved stale bug.