Bill,

Also running BI as of few weeks ago and tinkering with firewal.ini.
Would you mind sharing the .ini changes you made. You can e-mail me off
list. Thanks.

Sincerely,

Don Schreiner
CompBiz, Inc.
www.compbiz.net
407-322-8654
800-408-3688

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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Bill B.
Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2003 12:16 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [Declude.JunkMail] OT: Dictionary Attacks


We started running BlackICE last month and it has been working nice for
us.  It requires a few config changes to get it to auto-block IPs that
send you dictionary attacks, but it is definitely a good solution.

Bill


-----Original Message-----
From: "R. Scott Perry"
Sent: Thu, 23 Jan 2003 10:58:09 -0500
Subject: Re: [Declude.JunkMail] OT: Dictionary Attacks



>It seems this morning that we have several dictionary attacks happening

>on one of Imail servers. Is there an easy to stop the person doing 
>this? I have looked through the log files and cannot easily spot the 
>person(s) doing this.
>
>Is there software that will prevent people from performing Dictionary 
>Attacks in the future?
>
>The POP3 and Delcude processes are using like 50-09% of the CPU.
>
>Let me know if there is anything I can do...

Are you sure that it is a dictionary attack?  If the POP3 process has 
higher usage than normal, then E-mails are being sent to your users
(which 
would mean that it either isn't a dictionary attack, or a hybrid attack 
where they send spam as part of the dictionary attack).

You might want to check the archives of the IMail Forum for ideas on how
to 
stop a dictionary attack.  Some tricks are using a "nobody" alias (which
I 
believe you are), or using a product like BlackIce Server to stop it.

Unfortunately, Declude can't stop these, because it doesn't have access
to 
the TCP/IP connection (which is where it would need to be stopped).
                                              -Scott

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