Re: smtp relay tester?

["Peter VE" <peter.ve () pandora be>]

or try  the openrelay tool   from  http://kickme.to/dpsecurity



----- Original Message -----
From: "Steven J. Sobol" <sjsobol () JustThe net>
To: "Dan Phan" <dan.phan () beyond2020 com>
Cc: "Nuzman" <nuzman () shreve net>; "security basics"
<security-basics () securityfocus com>
Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2003 4:36 PM
Subject: RE: smtp relay tester?


> On Mon, 17 Mar 2003, Dan Phan wrote:
>
> > mail from: me () anything com
> > 250 OK - mail from <me () anything com>
> > rcpt to: anyone () anyone com
> > 550 Relaying is prohibited
> >
> > if you see:
> >
> > 550 Relaying is prohibited....
> >
> > You are safe :)
>
> Hardly. There are a lot of exploits for older versions of
> various mail servers that allow attackers to get around the
> restrictions. ordb.org, as someone else mentioned, is a good
> place to start as is (IIRC) abuse.net. You don't want to run
> one simple test, you want to run tests that check for all or
> most of the exploits out there.
>
> --
> Steve Sobol/CTO/JustThe.net LLC/Mentor On The Lake (Cleveland),
OH/888.480.4NET
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