hinfo uses deprecated Blars list

[Dan Am]

Binary package hint: hinfo

Querying any host or IP returns a positive from Blars BL, which apparently returns positive for any Address and per my reseach is some kind of scam from an individuo named Blars. Blars should be removed from the package.

[Ronnie Redd (cruzit)]

First edit the /etc/hinfo.conf file with:
sudo gedit /etc/hinfo.conf

Make sure the lines that have:
use "/var/lib/hinfo/dnsbl.ins.pl";
use "/var/lib/hinfo/whois.ins.pl";
are not commented out.

close that file.

Edit the /var/lib/hinfo/dnsbl.ins.pl with:
sudo gedit /var/lib/hinfo/dnsbl.ins.pl

Comment out the sections you don't want.
For instance the ordb section should read like the following if you don't want to use it (since it closed in 2006):
# ordb.org
# ["relays.ordb.org", "ORDB open relays", "www.ordb.org/",
# \&explain_txt, "relays.ordb.org",],

Do the same thing for the entire blars section. Put the # sign in front of each line.

[Thomas Hotz (thotz-deactivatedaccount)]

Is this still an issue for you? Which Ubuntu version do you use? Thank you for telling us!

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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