Re: SMTP server account probing

From: Alexander Bochmann (bochmannat_private)
Date: Wed Mar 10 1999 - 12:42:44 PST

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    Hi,
    
    ...on Tue, Mar 09, 1999 at 04:16:13PM -0600, Scott Fendley wrote:
    
     > Couldn't you just compile sendmail with tcp_wrapper support, and have a
     > script parsing your logs so that if someone manages to get n # of pokes at
     > your system then their Ip address and/or DNS server will be placed in the
     > hosts.deny.
    
    Perhaps Spamshield could be enhanced to solve this problem.
    
    http://www.abest.com/~kai/spamshield.html
    
    Even if the detection is adapted, it would probably only work after the first
    attack though, as it seems sendmail doesn't log the attacking hosts name
    before the connection is closed when no data is sent.
    
    Alex.
    



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