Len and Eric, Thanks a lot for your answer.
The behavior that I have seen is that once the hack attempt is made, the SMTPD service needs to be restarted to come back to the normality. So in this specific case the "auto-deny hack attempts" option is not useful. Regards Mario Antonio ----- Original Message ----- From: "Len Conrad" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, March 01, 2005 1:04 PM Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] SMTPD Issues > > >Do you have the auto-deny hack attempts enabled on the SMTP service? > > That dynamic blocking action isn't logged? > > > This is > >the type of thing it protects against (assuming the string is long enough, > >512 char.) > > No, the protection is that SMTPD not be vulnerable to such abuse. > > The "auto-deny hack attempts" is a reactive, permanent IP-blocking policy, > not a protection. > > Len > > _____________________________________________________________________ > http://IMGate.MEIway.com : free anti-spam gateway, runs on 1000's of sites > > > > To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html > List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ > Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ > --- > [This e-mail was scanned for viruses by Webjogger's AntiVirus Protection System] > > --- [This e-mail was scanned for viruses by Webjogger's AntiVirus Protection System] To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
