You could also try breaking mailets. It's possible that a bug in a mailet could make the system vulnerable too...or are there mechanisms that avoid this possibility?
> -----Original Message----- > From: Scherer Pierre [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2003 6:24 PM > To: James Users List > Subject: RE: Attack server mail > > > > Is there any other methods that blacklists to protect a server > mail against > the spam? > > Are there any passive attacks to see mail that arrive on a server > mail (like > sniffing) > Attacks against mail integrety? > How can I spoofing a mail adress? > > Thank for these first explications > > Scherer Pierre > > > -----Message d'origine----- > De : Noel J. Bergman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Envoy� : jeudi 16 janvier 2003 00:25 > � : James Users List > Objet : RE: Attack server mail > > > Pierre, > > Most attacks are for the purpose of gaining access to the system. Buffer > overflows and similar attacks. James should be relatively immune to them. > > Now, assuming that you could break into James, what would you gain? That > depends upon the OS, and the administrator. For example, under linux you > need to be signed in as root in order to bind to privileged > ports. However, > a clever linux admin might use port forwarding so that James can run as a > non-privileged user. > > Other attacks are denial of service attacks. And the most common > attack on > mail servers is probably just trying to find out how to use them for > spamming. > > > --- Noel > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For additional commands, e-mail: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > _____________________________________________________________________ > Envie de discuter en "live" avec vos amis ? T�l�charger MSN Messenger > http://www.ifrance.com/_reloc/m la 1�re messagerie instantan�e de France > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For additional commands, e-mail: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
