At 9:01 AM -0500 11/30/04, Bill Cole issued a series of ones and zeros which decoded as: >At 6:26 AM -0700 11/30/04, Warren Michelsen imposed structure on a stream of >electrons, yielding: >>Is there nothing that can be done about spammer attempts to >>authenticate so as to relay through my SIMS server? Nothing to temp >>ban the idiot after xx failed attempts? >> >>Do I just have to put up with it? >... >In the end, protecting your own network is something you have to do on your >own, and that may well mean doing something like I do: drop port 25 packets >from 61/8, 210/7, 218/7, 220/7, and 222/8 at the router level, along with a >lot of smaller ranges.
I've never had a router of my own for my /28 subnet, though I have thought about it every now and then. The main thing I'd use it for is blocking IP ranges and individual troublesome addresses. Might anyone recommend something affordable? ############################################################# This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To switch to the INDEX mode, E-mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Send administrative queries to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
