Re: spamd on OpenBSD 3.2

[Alexandre Dulaunoy <adulau () foo be>]

On Thu, 9 Jan 2003, Lance Spitzner wrote:

> Anyone try out the new spamd(8) on OpenBSD 3.2?  It appears
> to me to be an Anti-Spam relay honeypot.  From the manpages:
>
> DESCRIPTION
>      spamd is a a fake sendmail(8)-like daemon which absorbs false mail.  If
>      the pf(4) packet filter is configured to redirect port 25 (SMTP) to this
>      daemon, it will attempt to waste the time and resources of the spam
>      sender.

http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20021220021332&mode=flat

Yes, this could considered as an anti-spam relay honeypot. 

adulau

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