Ron DuFresne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > how about the smtp server simply rejecting mail from spoofed hosts ? > > as all the viruses generate spoofed hosts and it is very easy for any > > smtp server to do a dns lookup on the sending server, if the hostname > > / ip address do not match reject the message. > > Finally some sanity marks this thread!
"sanity"?? Care to define the "nearly foolproof" "spoofed hosts detection" algorithm that will not have an unbearably high false-positive rejection rate?? Regards, Nick FitzGerald _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html