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Re: SMTP store and forward requires DSN for integrity (was Re:Clueless anti-virus )
From: Todd Vierling <tv () duh org>
Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2005 12:23:09 -0500 (Eastern Standard Time)
On Sat, 10 Dec 2005, Edward B. Dreger wrote:
Let's use some hyperbole: Say that the latest megaworm chucks out spam at speeds resembling SQL Slammer. The return-path specified is your email address. Millions of MXes send _you_ bogus DSNs "in good faith".
That's not exactly hyperbole. My antivirus-spew counter on my 9-user SMTP server rolled past 1M more than a year ago. Per incident, it isn't more than 1M; moire like ~50k, but that is still well beyond DDoS level. -- -- Todd Vierling <tv () duh org> <tv () pobox com> <todd () vierling name>
Current thread:
- Re: SMTP store and forward requires DSN for integrity, (continued)
- Re: SMTP store and forward requires DSN for integrity Todd Vierling (Dec 10)
- Re: SMTP store and forward requires DSN for integrity Andrew - Supernews (Dec 11)
- Re: SMTP store and forward requires DSN for integrity Micheal Patterson (Dec 11)
- Re: SMTP store and forward requires DSN for integrity Suresh Ramasubramanian (Dec 11)
- Re: SMTP store and forward requires DSN for integrity Rich Kulawiec (Dec 11)
- Re: SMTP store and forward requires DSN for integrity Matt Sergeant (Dec 12)
- Re: SMTP store and forward requires DSN for integrity (was Re:Clueless anti-virus ) mary (Dec 10)
- Re: SMTP store and forward requires DSN for integrity (was Re:Clueless anti-virus ) Steve Sobol (Dec 10)
- Re: SMTP store and forward requires DSN for integrity (was Re:Clueless anti-virus ) mary (Dec 10)
- Re: SMTP store and forward requires DSN for integrity (was Re:Clueless anti-virus ) Edward B. Dreger (Dec 10)
- Re: SMTP store and forward requires DSN for integrity (was Re:Clueless anti-virus ) Todd Vierling (Dec 10)
- Re: SMTP store and forward requires DSN for integrity (was Re:Clueless anti-virus ) Micheal Patterson (Dec 09)
- Re: SMTP store and forward requires DSN for integrity (was Re:Clueless anti-virus ) Micheal Patterson (Dec 09)
- Re: SMTP store and forward requires DSN for integrity (was Re:Clueless anti-virus ) Micheal Patterson (Dec 09)
- Re: SMTP store and forward requires DSN for integrity (wasRe:Clueless anti-virus ) Micheal Patterson (Dec 09)
- Re: SMTP store and forward requires DSN for integrity (was Re:Clueless anti-virus ) Rich Kulawiec (Dec 10)
- Re: SMTP store and forward requires DSN for integrity (was Re:Clueless anti-virus ) Micheal Patterson (Dec 09)
- Re: Clueless anti-virus products/vendors (was Re: Sober) Todd Vierling (Dec 07)
- Re: Clueless anti-virus products/vendors (was Re: Sober) Edward B. Dreger (Dec 07)
- Re: Clueless anti-virus products/vendors (was Re: Sober) Douglas Otis (Dec 07)
- Re: Clueless anti-virus products/vendors (was Re: Sober) Edward B. Dreger (Dec 07)