Phil (Medway Hosting) wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mike Cardwell" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2008 10:01 AM > Subject: Re: [exim] OT: sanesecurity.com off line > > >> Wow. He actually has changed the files to contain only a single >> signature. That seems extremely counter productive. Just because they're >> not being updated anymore doesn't mean the data has lost all value. > > If you read his message, he said he was being DOS'ed.
I did yes. I know that. > I would imagine that by making the files into a single line, he is negating > the "feeling of need" > for spammers to DOS him, but at the same time, not causing people errors on > their systems due to the server just disappearing. It would also save him > pointless bandwidth. > > Not simply switching the server off altogether is quite considerate of him > in my opinion. Switching it off would have been better for everyone concerned. It would have resolved his problems without causing various automated download scripts to delete a load of useful signatures leading to spam/phishing attacks getting through. Luckily for me I turned off the cron job on my place of works mail servers before this happened, otherwise I'm sure a bunch of spam/phishing attacks would have got through. Mike -- ## List details at http://lists.exim.org/mailman/listinfo/exim-users ## Exim details at http://www.exim.org/ ## Please use the Wiki with this list - http://wiki.exim.org/
