On Sat, 2004-09-11 at 00:09, Kenneth Porter wrote:
> --On Friday, September 10, 2004 10:05 PM -0700 Jeff Chan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
>
> > Sounds like a good application for a tarpit, i.e.:
> >
> > http://www.spamcannibal.org/
>
> Good idea. Alas, the FC2 kernel lacks the netfilter tarpit module.
Unfortunately, unless the tarpit responds to the first packet with a
SMTP welcome banner, the connection won't be tarpitted for longer than
the "wait for SMTP welcome" timeout in the client. You need to convince
the for end to send some data before they'll get stuck.
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John Hardin KA7OHZ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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