Spamhaus assesses the reputation of each domain across several
dimensions. Each
dimension is a container which we associate signals with. For example, if we receive a signal indicating a bot infection, we will modify the
malware dimension while if we have signals relating to the emails sent by the domain reaching our spamtraps, we will alter the
smtp dimension.
The main supported dimensions are:
- smtp: Reputation in the SMTP area
- identity: Reputation of the identity of the domain. (Owner, registrar and more)
- infra: Reputation of the infrastructure of the domain. (NS, hosts, etc.)
- malware: Reputation of the domain affected by malware, bots and the distribution of such threats
- human: The human reputation for a domain, accounting for operations and false positive fallouts. This dimension represents the opinion of Spamhaus researchers about the domain.
- 3rdparty: Third parties reputation signals are added to this dimension.
dimension
description
3rdparty
Third parties reputation signals are added to this dimension
human
The human reputation for a domain, taking into account operations and false positive fallouts
identity
Reputation of the identity of the domain (Owner, registrar and more)
infra
Reputation of the infrastructure of the domain (NS, hosts, ...)
malware
Reputation of the domain as affected by malware, bots and distribution of such threats
smtp
Reputation in the SMTP area
web
Reputation of the web part of the domain: the sites and their behaviour