On 2023-06-26 17:17, Joseph Tam wrote:
On Thu, 22 Jun 2023, Michael Peddemors wrote:

* Use services like RATS-AUTH to block IPs that can safely be blocked as known 
hackers..

Cool.  Are there other DNSRBLs (apart from bl.blocklist.de) that list
BFD attack IPs?

* Use services like RATS-NULL (or SpamHaus DROP lists) right in the firewall 
level.  There are SOME networks
that should simply be 'unplugged'

Can't find it in https://spamrats.com/.  Is it an DNSRBL or downloadable file?

Assuming you mean RATS-NULL, it's available as both a restricted DNSRBL and in BMS format under subscription. There is interest in having it as an API as well, but that will be next quarter.


* Turn off port 110 (well, all plain text authentication) 90% less email 
compromise reports when you do..

That will disable STARTTLS though.  Even though it's not plaintext,
maybe that is
a good thing as it avoids MITM banner stripping attacks.

Use ports 993/995 for email, instead of ports 110/143, but if you HAVE to leave them open, ensure that you force TLS. But the more standard way is to just use SSL on 993/995.


Joseph Tam <jtam.h...@gmail.com>
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