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Re: SMTP Outbound


From: Dexter Caldwell <dexter.caldwell () FURMAN EDU>
Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2014 07:29:28 +0000

Same here.

D/C

Ken Connelly <Ken.Connelly () UNI EDU> wrote:


We don't block, but I do monitor for this traffic to identify machines
that are likely to be compromised.  If you just block, and don't log,
how do you know when you have a machine in need of remediation?

- ken

On 2/12/14, 4:34 PM, Robert Henry wrote:
This is a simple, non-scientific poll, please respond off-list and I
will share the results with the list.

Do you block SMTP traffic, port 25, outbound at your border firewall?

Thanks!
--Bob

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Robert Henry, CISSP
Chief Information Security Officer
Santa Clara University
rhenry () scu edu <mailto:rhenry () scu edu>
408-554-5554
http://www.scu.edu/is/secure



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- Ken
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Ken Connelly             Associate Director, Security and Systems
ITS Network Services                  University of Northern Iowa
email: Ken.Connelly () uni edu   p: (319) 273-5850 f: (319) 273-7373


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