Mastodawn

If you want to keep your registrations open, but resist botnets, you may like to block all mailservers resolving to smtp.oneb.net

I desperately seek some workgroup to join, where we would exchange the bogus mailserver lists on daily basis, so we can prevent even registration attempts.

Recently, these domains I am pretty sure were used by the botnet:

file2drive.com
lutech.uk
upphim.net
cloneemail.com
dubokutv.com
cucadas.com
botgetlink.com
tsmtp.org
adn3t.com
kenhphim.net
soc123.net
emaxasp.com
adviseity.com
roratu.com
mucate.com
tinpho.com
datadudi.com
okiae.com

The botnet no longer cares exclusively about Ukraine, pro Russia, but it does lot of random things. The copied fragments of auto-translated texts include labels of various navigation links, so it is immediate obvious, that the content is machine generated. Also, the IP addresses repeat, so they don't have quite unlimited IP pool.

Most instances solve this problem by limiting registrations, but I am advocating rather for cautious growth of Fediverse, like eg. 10 times of current size. I was told, that "cool things don't need advertising", so I suggest: let's make Fediverse cool. Instead of banning more or less stable, determined and closed social bubbles from interacting, let's rather learn to cooperate and trust each other while hunting botnets like this...

#registrations #fediverse #mastodon #fediban #botnet @kayla_eilhart @smoon

Chao-c'Dec 26

If you are trying hard to keep registrations on your instance open for everyone, like we do, try to block registrations from following mailservers:

howovur.com
contaco.org
hetzez.com
aliban.org
m3player.com
rescueence.com
meocon.org
choichay.com
easymailer.live
hiemail.net
gamintor.com
consistth.com
kontoko.org
nuoifb.com
bomnet.net

They are now so desperate that they even retry from the same mailservers...

#fedispam #fediban #fediblock #fediverse #botnet

DJ FOZIE 馬男 Jul 30, 2025

@Gargron I would like to report a serious AGPL license violation involving the project "Next Social" at https://sosyal.teknofest.app, which appears to use @Mastodon code without complying with licensing requirements.
#fediverse #fediblock #fediban

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DJ FOZIE 馬男 Jul 28, 2025

@Gargron I would like to report a serious AGPL license violation involving the project "Next Social" at https://sosyal.teknofest.app, which appears to use Mastodon code without complying with licensing requirements.
#fediverse #fediblock #fediban

NSosyal

The social network of the future: No ads, no corporate surveillance, ethical design, and decentralization! Own your data with NSosyal!

NSosyal hosted on sosyal.teknofest.app

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Tommi 🤯 @ NOAW Apr 27, 2025

@arildsen @notsoloud

As an instance admin, I have to think about it and discuss possible limitation/defederation of #Fosstodon with the other members of Pan.

Personally, I believe this specific issue is just one of the many symptoms of a much deeper, global, and troubling problem: the de-politicization of technology.

I stand by every single word @mttaggart wrote here:

https://infosec.exchange/@mttaggart/114404646594951658

#FediBan

Taggart :donor: (@[email protected])

Content warning: fedi meta, fosstodon, long

Infosec Exchange

Alle falsch dosiert‽

Dec 2, 2024

@iromeister Dein Avatar ist so cool

Zu Deiner Frage, ich antworte öffentlich:

Wir haben uns beschwert, dass @LeilahLilienruh von den @mods blockiert wurde, (Ihre ganze Instanz!) und wurden ignoriert. #fediban

Wir wurden etwas lauter, damit wir auffallen, und haben dann einen ShadowBan auf unserem Account bekommen, d.h. wir konnten auf tech.lgbt nicht mehr öffentlich posten, unser Profil wurde ausgeblendet.

Wir haben uns dann darüber beschwert und lustig gemacht, von einem anderen unserer Accounts, von der Instanz kolektiva.social. Das hat dem tech.lgbt Admin nicht gefallen, also hat er den kolektiva.social Admin angepflaumt ...

Und da uns so oder so laufend irgendwelche Deppen melden, hatte unser Account in deren Adminbereichen schon ein paar Einträge, und die coolen, queeren und anarchistischen, und total autoritären Admins haben unsere Accounts mit tausenden Followern und Postings einfach mal gesperrt und aus dem Fediverse verbannt.

War eine lustige Woche 😎

Und nun haben wir unsere eigene Instanz und überlegen, wie gut das alles (e)skaliert!

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K0NDH Aug 31, 2024

@vk6flab I'm not saying it's the case here, but the fediverse isn't much/any better. I understand it's decentralized and people can run their own servers, but people like to use an axe instead of a scalpel. One person or an admin doesn't like you or your server and they'll blacklist your entire server, preventing *any* of their users from seeing or interacting with your posts. The #fediban hashtag is a great example of people blocking to block without regard for users.