At 9:44 PM -0800 3/8/07, Herman Privyhum wrote: > Thanks to all for the thorough replies. It appears > that the solution actually lies in disabling ident.
Ahh, yes. You should definitely disable IDENT. I didn't know that any modern MTAs actually used it. > I may go back and turn it on again with a smaller > timeout (suggestions as to how long is reasonable?). Just leave it turned off. Using it means that you trust the other end to not lie to you, and on the modern Internet you can't trust the other end to do much of anything. You have to assume that all remote machines will always lie to you, and therefore you can't trust anything they send you. At the very least, if you're going to use it, make sure you only use it on your local network of machines that you control. On those machines, you could use a lower timeout, such as ten or fifteen seconds. -- Brad Knowles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Consultant & Author LinkedIn Profile: <http://tinyurl.com/y8kpxu> Slides from Invited Talks: <http://tinyurl.com/tj6q4> ------------------------------------------------------ Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/ Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/archive%40jab.org Security Policy: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=show&file=faq01.027.htp