Have a look at www.nessus.org Particularly http://cgi.nessus.org/plugins/dump.php3?family=SMTP%20problems
If you look most of the problems are to do with Sendmail ;) -- Jason > -----Original Message----- > From: Scherer Pierre [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 16 January 2003 09:51 > To: James Users List; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: Attack server mail > > > > > -----Message d'origine----- > De : Chris Means [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Envoy� : jeudi 16 janvier 2003 04:27 > � : James Users List > Objet : RE: Attack server mail > > > 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? > > In first I must make a theory work but thanks for the idea! > > Schere Pierre > > > -----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]> _____________________________________________________________________ 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]>
