Holy cow! That could be worse! :)
On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 4:32 PM, Steve Ens <stevey...@gmail.com> wrote: > Sorry, no spam filter, just a web filter. > > > On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 3:25 PM, Richard Stovall <rich...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> Would any of you who have Barracuda spam filters mind checking something >> for me? >> >> The other day I noticed outbound traffic from my spam appliance to port >> 80 at destinations not owned by Barracuda Networks. I started a packet cap >> on my firewall and got some very interesting results. In addition to >> traffic for legitimate updates and whatnot, the appliance is actually going >> out to and downloading content from the URLs embedded in some (but nowhere >> near all) inbound spam messages. I haven't yet figured out any pattern to >> why it happens on some e-mails and not others. >> >> I created a case with Barracuda this morning just to confirm that it is >> expected behavior and get an explanation of the logic behind it, but the >> tech I spoke to had never heard of this. I sent him the packet cap and he >> said he would kick it upstairs and get back to me, but I haven't heard >> anything yet. >> >> Anyone want to capture traffic from your Barracuda spam firewall on >> outbound port 80 and see if you see anything similar? >> >> Thanks, >> RS >> >> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ >> ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ >> >> --- >> To manage subscriptions click here: >> http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ >> or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com >> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin >> > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
