Even if someone suggests something like: $IPTABLES -A FORWARD -p tcp --dport 25 -m string --string "ks_c_5601-1987" -j DROP
:) Of course, breakage like that might get the attention of someone at lists.samba.org. A few thousand hung tcp sessions might be noticable. The question is, would it be good attention or bad attention? And how many people are curious enough to try? -Joe, just being evil... > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Patrick Schaaf > Sent: Saturday, April 06, 2002 2:14 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: spam > > > Just for the record, > > due to the recent metadiscussion about spam, I'll stop reading the > list for a while. It takes 10ms to 'D' the spam, but the metadiscussion > does not match my usual neuronal spam filter, so it is really annoying. > > Anybody expecting me writing on my usual pet peeves, remove that > expectation, > please :) > > have a nice april & may > Patrick > > > On Sat, Apr 06, 2002 at 01:06:47AM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I think we should attack the open relays and disable their > machines... Just my mentality... They clutter us up and because > of their ignorance, or their not caring about it, causes us loss > in cpu cycles and having to delete the messages, not to mention > the bandwidth costs. I think we should cause loss on their end to > balance it... I know the first time I was hacked and disabled for > being stupid I learned mighty quick not to let it happen again. > > Most open relays (which are listed in the header of the email > itself) are VERY open.... (blank administrator PW or very easy to > root with win2k resource kit tools) > > I know this idea will not jibe with most, but what else can we > do? The admins of these domains don't care, and if we block them > they barrage with emails "release the block..." even if we report > spam repeatedly... > >
