Agree... But for as long as my people doesn't have friends in Asia, I may as well block them all... :) Enrique
Craig White writes: > On Mon, 2009-03-30 at 08:30 -0400, kitepi...@kitepilot.com wrote: >> And how do I: >> "starting by iptable deny all of china" ? >> >> I can figure out the "iptable" part, it is the "china" part (and other >> possible places where I know I will only get spam from) that I am unaware >> of... > ---- > I do not believe that this is constructive thinking. It's easy enough > for someone in China to use a computer somewhere else as a base for > operations and that security doesn't come from just arbitrarily picking > ranges of ip addresses to block. Security would necessarily require > effectiveness from virtually everywhere - possibly even your own > 'trusted' lan. > > Spam control on the other hand doesn't rely much on iptables at all but > rather many layers of implementation such as RBL's, greylisting > (optional but effective), spamassassin, smtp level restrictions and > more. > > Craig > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
