Re: [Mimedefang] Phishing Question

2006-04-06 Thread Mark Johnson
Kevin A. McGrail wrote: Great idea but unfeasible. In Virginia, this would be considered malicious programming and probably computer trespass as well :-( I used to live in Virginia and I don't miss that place. I cringe even when I have to drive through it :) Only place I know that you c

Re: [Mimedefang] Phishing Question

2006-04-06 Thread John Nemeth
On Aug 27, 5:47am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: } [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 04/06/2006 10:45:39 } AM: } } > Not that I would necessarily condone this type of activity, but with the } > amount of spam/spyware/adware/phishing attempts I see in a day, wouldn't } > be a really interesting project to do

[Mimedefang] Re: Wiki Updates

2006-04-06 Thread -ray
Mark Johnson wrote: usernames and passwords to these sites. If enough people participated, the data collected by the phishers would be so bad, noone would ever buy it. Noone could possibly verify every entry, either. I think this is an excellent idea. That would work until the phishers star

Re: [Mimedefang] Phishing Question

2006-04-06 Thread Kevin A. McGrail
Great idea but unfeasible. In Virginia, this would be considered malicious programming and probably computer trespass as well :-( > > create a network of computers like SETI, where nice home users run a > > program on their computer that will take idle cycles and put false > > usernames and passw

RE: [Mimedefang] Phishing Question

2006-04-06 Thread Matthew.van.Eerde
Mark Johnson wrote: > create a network of computers like SETI, where nice home users run a > program on their computer that will take idle cycles and put false > usernames and passwords to these sites. If enough people > participated, the data collected by the phishers would be so bad, > noone wou

RE: [Mimedefang] Wiki updates

2006-04-06 Thread Matthew.van.Eerde
Philip Prindeville wrote: > Anyone else have any comments about the example or the strategy? Very nice. -- Matthew.van.Eerde (at) hbinc.com 805.964.4554 x902 Hispanic Business Inc./HireDiversity.com Software Engineer ___ NOTE: If t

Re: [Mimedefang] Wiki updates

2006-04-06 Thread Philip Prindeville
Steffen Kaiser wrote: >You match the TLD agains $ccpat. > >BTW: I don't remember where, but there is perl FAQ with entry like "how >can I check if a value is part of an ARRAY?", the answer is like "if you >need to ask this, you certainly have used the wrong data structure and >should use an HAS

[Mimedefang] RE: Mimedefang] Sendmail issue (not sure if MD related or, not)

2006-04-06 Thread Doug Hubbard
To answer Josephs question about localhost, I was connecting to the machine from my laptop and the reverse DNS is where sendmail was getting the name (not telneting from the server itself). I have resolved the issue (one of the two changes I made has fixed it, but I haven't isolated which yet an

Re: [Mimedefang] Wiki updates

2006-04-06 Thread Philip Prindeville
Steffen Kaiser wrote: >On Wed, 5 Apr 2006, Philip Prindeville wrote: > > > >>I added a new example to the Wiki that people can download and paste >>in if they wish: >> >>http://www.mimedefang.org/kwiki/index.cgi?PhilipsWorkingFilter >> >>Any comments are appreciated. >> >> > >:-) You ban the

Re: [Mimedefang] Phishing Question

2006-04-06 Thread Mark Johnson
You'd probably be taking out (somewhat) innocent third parties. Most of the phishing web sites are on legit servers that have been compromised. I guess you could argue that they deserve it for not securing their servers, but I doubt the owner would feel that way when their business just dies

Re: [Mimedefang] Sendmail issue (not sure if MD related or not)

2006-04-06 Thread Joseph Brennan
--On Thursday, April 6, 2006 7:17 -0700 Doug Hubbard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: 220 ESMTP HELO localhost 250 smtp.trackmaster.com Hello doughomelaptop.trackmaster.com [10.8.0.6] (may be forged), pleased to meet you MAIL FROM: 250 2.1.0 ... Sender ok RCPT TO: LONG DELAY HERE 250 2.

Re: [Mimedefang] Phishing Question

2006-04-06 Thread WBrown
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 04/06/2006 10:45:39 AM: > Not that I would necessarily condone this type of activity, but with the > amount of spam/spyware/adware/phishing attempts I see in a day, wouldn't > be a really interesting project to do something like this? Set up a > database somewhere

[Mimedefang] Phishing Question

2006-04-06 Thread Mark Johnson
This is WY off-topic, but I was wondering what others opinions were of this. I sat in on a security lecture given by a very reputable speaker. Every aspect of security was touched upon, but the rising issue of phishing really caught my attention. I could never figure out why people would

[Mimedefang] Sendmail issue (not sure if MD related or not)

2006-04-06 Thread Doug Hubbard
Folks, I need some help if you can provide it (at least pointing me in a direction). Here is my issue. I have an SMTP server that is hanging up for long periods of time on smtp transactions. The lag occurs when the server gets the RCPT TO: command Here is an example from a telnet session 220

[Mimedefang] ClamAV remote compromise vulnerability

2006-04-06 Thread Chris Myers
TITLE: ClamAV Multiple Vulnerabilities SECUNIA ADVISORY ID: SA19534 VERIFY ADVISORY: http://secunia.com/advisories/19534/ CRITICAL: Highly critical IMPACT: DoS, System access WHERE: From remote SOFTWARE: Clam AntiVirus (clamav) 0.x http://secunia.com/product/2538/ DESCRIPTION: Some vulne

RE: [Mimedefang] Wiki updates

2006-04-06 Thread Steffen Kaiser
On Thu, 6 Apr 2006, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Steffen Kaiser wrote: BTW: I don't remember where, but there is perl FAQ with entry like "how can I check if a value is part of an ARRAY?", the answer is like "if you need to ask this, you certainly have used the wrong data structure and should use a

RE: [Mimedefang] Wiki updates

2006-04-06 Thread Matthew.van.Eerde
Steffen Kaiser wrote: > BTW: I don't remember where, but there is perl FAQ with entry like > "how can I check if a value is part of an ARRAY?", the answer is like > "if you need to ask this, you certainly have used the wrong data > structure and should use an HASH. Otherwise use foreach()". > I'd s

Re: [Mimedefang] Wiki updates

2006-04-06 Thread Steffen Kaiser
On Wed, 5 Apr 2006, Philip Prindeville wrote: I added a new example to the Wiki that people can download and paste in if they wish: http://www.mimedefang.org/kwiki/index.cgi?PhilipsWorkingFilter Any comments are appreciated. :-) You ban the .eu TLD (European Union) even before the registrati