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Re: VeriSign's fake SMTP server for SiteFinder
From: Michal Zalewski <lcamtuf () ghettot org>
Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2003 23:05:29 +0200 (CEST)
On Mon, 22 Sep 2003, Richard M. Smith wrote:
Does anyone know why Verisign has set up a fake SMTP server at their SiteFinder service to bounce email messages sent to misspelled or expired domain names?
Because otherwise, all the mail traffic would sit in the queues for days before being bounced. Admittably, they can also use it to gather information about senders and recipients... but that's old news. -- ------------------------- bash$ :(){ :|:&};: -- Michal Zalewski * [http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx] Did you know that clones never use mirrors? --------------------------- 2003-09-22 23:04 -- _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html
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- VeriSign's fake SMTP server for SiteFinder Richard M. Smith (Sep 22)
- Re: VeriSign's fake SMTP server for SiteFinder Pamela Patterson (Sep 22)
- Re: VeriSign's fake SMTP server for SiteFinder Brent J. Nordquist (Sep 22)
- Re: VeriSign's fake SMTP server for SiteFinder Michal Zalewski (Sep 22)
- Re: VeriSign's fake SMTP server for SiteFinder Damian Gerow (Sep 22)
- Re: VeriSign's fake SMTP server for SiteFinder fulldisclosure (Sep 22)
- Re: VeriSign's fake SMTP server for SiteFinder Dan Rowles (Sep 22)
- Re: VeriSign's fake SMTP server for SiteFinder Jonathan A. Zdziarski (Sep 22)
- Re: VeriSign's fake SMTP server for SiteFinder Joshua Levitsky (Sep 22)
- Re: VeriSign's fake SMTP server for SiteFinder Valdis . Kletnieks (Sep 22)
- Re: VeriSign's fake SMTP server for SiteFinder Jonathan A. Zdziarski (Sep 22)
- Re: VeriSign's fake SMTP server for SiteFinder Nate Hill (Sep 22)
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- RE: VeriSign's fake SMTP server for SiteFinder Joshua Thomas (Sep 22)
- Re: VeriSign's fake SMTP server for SiteFinder Joshua Levitsky (Sep 22)
- Re: VeriSign's fake SMTP server for SiteFinder Geoincidents (Sep 22)
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