On Tue, 07 Jul 2009, Sahil Tandon wrote: > On Tue, 07 Jul 2009, Daniel L. Miller wrote: > > > So...my initial thought was I'd have to create a public Internet name > > for the fax gateway, and apply some level of security to only accept > > submissions from Intuit. However, I'm now wondering if I can accomplish > > the same thing by using address extensions instead of a different server > > name. So I'd be sending emails to "[email protected]", and > > Postfix would then identify a fax is to be sent by the extension, > > translate that to "[email protected]", and process > > accordingly. I would still have to protect the "fax" extension, but my > > thought is that the extension would be less likely to be probed than a > > published DNS name, and therefore be subject to fewer attacks. > > Use some sort of virtual alias mapping along with ensuring that > [email protected] is valid at SMTP time. Untested example: > > /^(\d+)\[email protected]$/ [email protected]
Just to clarify, the above is a PCRE map example. -- Sahil Tandon <[email protected]>
