[sclug] relays.osirusoft.com is dead (permanently)

[James Fidell]

Quoting Will Dickson (wrd at glaurung.demon.co.uk):

> relays.osirusoft.com (a DNS-based blocklist) now reports 
> every IPv4 address as listed. it also returns a TXT message 
> asking you to stop using it. The exact reason why its 
> operator (Joe Jared) decided to take this decision is 
> currently unclear, but apparently it's been suffering DoS 
> for over six weeks which may have sthg to do with it.

The way I heard it, the DoS attacks were affecting other
services (webhosting etc.) run from the same network, so
he took down relays.osirusoft.com in order to protect the
paying customers' services.

James