Re: Virus emails

2003-09-22 Thread Matthias Urlichs
Hi, Mike Hommey wrote: > helps catching 95%... But the bandwidth is still used... I'm still looking > for > a pure MTA solution... A pure MTA solution would still need to scan the body and thus would still eat your bandwidth. The list of hardware required to stop this spam unfortunately seems

Re: Virus emails

2003-09-22 Thread Matthias Urlichs
Hi, Daniel Burrows wrote: > On Fri, Sep 19, 2003 at 10:45:57AM -0500, Luca - De Whiskey's - De Vitis > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was heard to say: >> I'm getting one evry 30 minutes, more or less... but i've read on irc that >> this is quite common now... > > You mean "seconds", not "minutes", right?

Re: Virus emails

2003-09-22 Thread Mike Hommey
On Monday 22 September 2003 16:53, Matthias Urlichs wrote: > Hi, Mike Hommey wrote: > > helps catching 95%... But the bandwidth is still used... I'm still > > looking for a pure MTA solution... > > A pure MTA solution would still need to scan the body and thus would still > eat your bandwidth. May

Re: Virus emails

2003-09-22 Thread H. S. Teoh
On Mon, Sep 22, 2003 at 04:53:16PM +0200, Matthias Urlichs wrote: > Hi, Mike Hommey wrote: > > > helps catching 95%... But the bandwidth is still used... I'm still looking > > for > > a pure MTA solution... > > A pure MTA solution would still need to scan the body and thus would still > eat you

Re: Virus emails

2003-09-22 Thread Bernd Eckenfels
On Tue, Sep 23, 2003 at 12:28:44AM +0200, Mike Hommey wrote: > Maybe I'm wrong, but I think an MTA rejecting a mail because of oversized > body > doesn't have to get the whole body before rejecting the mail. Based on this, > it should be possible to reject the mail before it gets fully transfere

Re: Virus emails

2003-09-22 Thread Gunnar Wolf
Mike Hommey dijo [Tue, Sep 23, 2003 at 12:28:44AM +0200]: > > > helps catching 95%... But the bandwidth is still used... I'm still > > > looking for a pure MTA solution... > > > > A pure MTA solution would still need to scan the body and thus would still > > eat your bandwidth. > > Maybe I'm wrong

Re: Virus emails

2003-09-22 Thread Steve Lamb
On Mon, 22 Sep 2003 19:34:58 -0400 "H. S. Teoh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've resorted to blocking port 25 to subnets from which these spams What would help is to be able to block an IP once it's been hit. Thing is I cannot for the life of me figure out a way to do it. Here's the first 2

Re: Virus emails

2003-09-22 Thread Steve Lamb
On Mon, 22 Sep 2003 18:48:58 -0500 Gunnar Wolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [1] http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc0821.txt And what does RFC2821 have to say about it? -- Steve C. Lamb | I'm your priest, I'm your shrink, I'm your PGP Key: 8B6E99C5 | main connection to t

Re: Virus emails

2003-09-22 Thread Graham Wilson
On Mon, Sep 22, 2003 at 04:53:16PM +0200, Matthias Urlichs wrote: > Hi, Mike Hommey wrote: > > helps catching 95%... But the bandwidth is still used... I'm still > > looking for a pure MTA solution... > > A pure MTA solution would still need to scan the body and thus would still > eat your bandwid

Re: Virus emails

2003-09-22 Thread H. S. Teoh
On Mon, Sep 22, 2003 at 07:18:56PM -0700, Steve Lamb wrote: > On Mon, 22 Sep 2003 19:34:58 -0400 > "H. S. Teoh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I've resorted to blocking port 25 to subnets from which these spams > > What would help is to be able to block an IP once it's been hit. Thing is > I

Re: Virus emails

2003-09-22 Thread Steve Lamb
On Mon, 22 Sep 2003 22:44:50 -0400 "H. S. Teoh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Another major source is rr.com, which not only gives me tons of Swen, but > also other spam in general. I've blacklisted rr.com in /etc/hosts.deny, > but obviously I'm missing something obvious, 'cos rr.com spam still gets

Re: Virus emails

2003-09-23 Thread Lars Wirzenius
On ma, 2003-09-22 at 17:53, Matthias Urlichs wrote: > The list of hardware required to stop this spam unfortunately seems to > include a time machine. Oh, that's not required at all. A simple couch will do. The couch will require a team of psychiatrists surrounding it, of course. They will then i

Re: Virus emails

2003-09-23 Thread Mike Hommey
On Tuesday 23 September 2003 01:45, Bernd Eckenfels wrote: > On Tue, Sep 23, 2003 at 12:28:44AM +0200, Mike Hommey wrote: > > Maybe I'm wrong, but I think an MTA rejecting a mail because of oversized > > body doesn't have to get the whole body before rejecting the mail. Based > > on this, it should

Re: Virus emails

2003-09-23 Thread Florian Weimer
On Tue, Sep 23, 2003 at 12:28:44AM +0200, Mike Hommey wrote: > Maybe I'm wrong, but I think an MTA rejecting a mail because of > oversized body doesn't have to get the whole body before rejecting the > mail. You can issue a permanent error only after you have received the body.

Re: Virus emails

2003-09-23 Thread Joachim Breitner
Hi, Is there something similar for exim (woody version)? I don't care too much about the incoming bandwidth, but more about the resources that the spam and virus checks consume, especially during these spam virus waves. So I could add a (hopefully) cheap check at MTA level to reject these mails un

Re: Virus emails

2003-09-23 Thread Josip Rodin
On Mon, Sep 22, 2003 at 07:34:58PM -0400, H. S. Teoh wrote: > I've resorted to blocking port 25 to subnets from which these spams > originate. Currently I have about 45 subnets (/24 and a few /16) on my > blacklist, and so far 409 connections have been dropped. The sad thing about this is that the

Re: Virus emails

2003-09-23 Thread H. S. Teoh
On Mon, Sep 22, 2003 at 08:46:15PM -0700, Steve Lamb wrote: > On Mon, 22 Sep 2003 22:44:50 -0400 > "H. S. Teoh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Another major source is rr.com, which not only gives me tons of Swen, but > > also other spam in general. I've blacklisted rr.com in /etc/hosts.deny, > > bu

Re: Virus emails

2003-09-23 Thread H. S. Teoh
On Tue, Sep 23, 2003 at 02:31:22PM +0200, Josip Rodin wrote: > On Mon, Sep 22, 2003 at 07:34:58PM -0400, H. S. Teoh wrote: > > I've resorted to blocking port 25 to subnets from which these spams > > originate. Currently I have about 45 subnets (/24 and a few /16) on my > > blacklist, and so far 409

Re: Virus emails

2003-09-23 Thread John Hasler
Lars Wirzenius writes: > I favor this approach over simple applications of violence, such as using > an axe on any computer infected by a virus. Psychiatry just for sending viruses? I don't know. Seems pretty extreme to me. Are you sure simple beatings would not suffice? -- John Hasler [EMAIL

Re: Virus emails

2003-09-23 Thread Josip Rodin
On Tue, Sep 23, 2003 at 08:39:02AM -0400, H. S. Teoh wrote: > > > What are the exim rules you used to catch these things? > > > > exiscan-acl calling clamav and dropping it with a 550. A full log > > line would be: > > > > 2003-09-22 07:38:05 1A1RpB-0007Xd-Of H=(smtp21.singnet.com.sg) > > [1

Re: Virus emails

2003-09-23 Thread Gunnar Wolf
Steve Lamb dijo [Mon, Sep 22, 2003 at 07:21:05PM -0700]: > Gunnar Wolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > [1] http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc0821.txt > > And what does RFC2821 have to say about it? I would not trust every MTA to implement newer versions of the RFC - However, it is up to you to decide

Re: Virus emails

2003-09-23 Thread Steve Lamb
You are aware Mutt is perfectly capable of responding to the list. Learn it, love it, USE IT! On Tue, 23 Sep 2003 10:20:46 -0500 Gunnar Wolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Steve Lamb dijo [Mon, Sep 22, 2003 at 07:21:05PM -0700]: > > Gunnar Wolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > [1] http://www.ie

Re: Virus emails

2003-09-23 Thread Steve Lamb
On Tue, 23 Sep 2003 08:39:02 -0400 "H. S. Teoh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, Sep 22, 2003 at 08:46:15PM -0700, Steve Lamb wrote: > > Except it never hits SA nor do I even have procmail installed. Can't > > stand the ugly beast. > It never hits SA? Almost all Swen mails I got were cau

Re: Virus emails

2003-09-23 Thread Steve Lamb
On Tue, 23 Sep 2003 16:45:55 +0200 Josip Rodin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > For now I'm using the SA-Exim method because even though it's clumsy (needs > the .so file compiled from source so distribution isn't as trivial as an > apt-get invocation), I used it before the Exiscan patch was available

Re: Virus emails

2003-09-23 Thread Gunnar Wolf
Steve Lamb dijo [Tue, Sep 23, 2003 at 10:29:51AM -0700]: > Gunnar Wolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Steve Lamb dijo [Mon, Sep 22, 2003 at 07:21:05PM -0700]: > > > Gunnar Wolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > [1] http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc0821.txt > > > > And what does RFC2821 have to say

Re: Virus emails

2003-09-23 Thread Josip Rodin
On Tue, Sep 23, 2003 at 10:43:30AM -0700, Steve Lamb wrote: > > For now I'm using the SA-Exim method because even though it's clumsy (needs > > the .so file compiled from source so distribution isn't as trivial as an > > apt-get invocation), I used it before the Exiscan patch was available and it >

Re: Virus emails

2003-09-23 Thread Steve Lamb
On Tue, 23 Sep 2003 21:07:46 +0200 Josip Rodin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Sep 23, 2003 at 10:43:30AM -0700, Steve Lamb wrote: > > Same here though I am sticking with SA-Exim because it saves the mail > > in a certain range so I can throw it at the Bayesian classifier. > I usually do

Re: Virus emails

2003-09-24 Thread Wouter Verhelst
Op di 23-09-2003, om 01:48 schreef Gunnar Wolf: > Mike Hommey dijo [Tue, Sep 23, 2003 at 12:28:44AM +0200]: > > > > helps catching 95%... But the bandwidth is still used... I'm still > > > > looking for a pure MTA solution... > > > > > > A pure MTA solution would still need to scan the body and thu

Re: Virus emails

2003-09-24 Thread Josip Rodin
On Tue, Sep 23, 2003 at 12:52:30PM -0700, Steve Lamb wrote: > > > Same here though I am sticking with SA-Exim because it saves the mail > > > in a certain range so I can throw it at the Bayesian classifier. > > > I usually don't have large enough partitions to hold all the spam (!) > > C

Re: Virus emails

2003-09-24 Thread Steve Lamb
On Wed, 24 Sep 2003 16:17:45 +0200 Josip Rodin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Runs spamc twice. Usually it won't matter, but with higher traffic, the load > will increase for obvious reasons... spamc isn't run twice. exiscan-acl *can* run the mail through SA as a test. It doesn't /have/ to. S

Re: Virus emails

2003-09-24 Thread Gunnar Wolf
Wouter Verhelst dijo [Wed, Sep 24, 2003 at 09:03:39AM +0200]: > > I don't think so - And if so, this could break many client MTAs. > > According to the protocol definition [1], > > [...] > > > [1] http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc0821.txt > > MTAs that still stick to nothing but RFC821 are horribly o

Re: Virus emails

2003-09-24 Thread Wouter Verhelst
Op wo 24-09-2003, om 17:05 schreef Gunnar Wolf: > And I insist... Do you want to stop every mail which is (peeking at my > inbox) between 1887 and 2183 bytes long just because it might be a > virus? Hm. I was under the impression that they were a lot larger. OK, never mind... -- Wouter Verhels

Re: Virus emails

2003-09-24 Thread Gunnar Wolf
Daniel Burrows dijo [Wed, Sep 24, 2003 at 01:10:57PM -0400]: > > And I insist... Do you want to stop every mail which is (peeking at my > > inbox) between 1887 and 2183 bytes long just because it might be a > > virus? > > Um, those are line counts, not byte counts. 1889 lines is about 140k > o

Re: Virus emails

2003-09-24 Thread Graham Wilson
On Wed, Sep 24, 2003 at 06:33:45PM +0200, Wouter Verhelst wrote: > Op wo 24-09-2003, om 17:05 schreef Gunnar Wolf: > > And I insist... Do you want to stop every mail which is (peeking at my > > inbox) between 1887 and 2183 bytes long just because it might be a > > virus? > > Hm. I was under the i

Re: Virus emails

2003-09-24 Thread Josip Rodin
On Wed, Sep 24, 2003 at 07:37:03AM -0700, Steve Lamb wrote: > > Runs spamc twice. Usually it won't matter, but with higher traffic, the load > > will increase for obvious reasons... > > spamc isn't run twice. exiscan-acl *can* run the mail through SA as a > test. It doesn't /have/ to. So if

Re: Virus emails

2003-09-25 Thread Matthias Urlichs
Hi, Graham Wilson wrote: > On Mon, Sep 22, 2003 at 04:53:16PM +0200, Matthias Urlichs wrote: > > A pure MTA solution would still need to scan the body and thus would > > still eat your bandwidth. > > i have postfix's body_checks setup to reject lines that match the > following regular expression (

Re: Virus emails

2003-09-25 Thread Matthias Urlichs
Hi, Steve Lamb wrote: > What would help is to be able to block an IP once it's been hit. That won't work for people who have a secondary MX record. I've set up a second mailer which simply rejects everything (one that speaks correct SMTP... :-/ ), and the source addresses which flood me wit

Re: Virus emails

2003-09-25 Thread Ulrich Eckhardt
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tuesday 23 September 2003 01:48, Gunnar Wolf wrote: > Mike Hommey dijo [Tue, Sep 23, 2003 at 12:28:44AM +0200]: > > Maybe I'm wrong, but I think an MTA rejecting a mail because of oversized > > body doesn't have to get the whole body before rejectin

Re: Virus emails

2003-09-25 Thread Brian May
On Mon, Sep 22, 2003 at 04:53:16PM +0200, Matthias Urlichs wrote: > The list of hardware required to stop this spam unfortunately seems to > include a time machine. Just because you can't afford one... Another (cheaper) solution though would be to pull the plug ;-). There! No more spam problems!

Re: Virus emails

2003-09-25 Thread Anthony DeRobertis
On Tue, 2003-09-23 at 03:44, Lars Wirzenius wrote: > I favor this approach over simple applications of violence, such as > using an axe on any computer infected by a virus. Why punish the hardware for what is clearly a wetware problem? signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed messa

Re: Virus emails

2003-09-26 Thread Daniel Burrows
On Wed, Sep 24, 2003 at 10:05:54AM -0500, Gunnar Wolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was heard to say: > Wouter Verhelst dijo [Wed, Sep 24, 2003 at 09:03:39AM +0200]: > > > I don't think so - And if so, this could break many client MTAs. > > > According to the protocol definition [1], > > > > [...] > > >

Re: Virus emails

2003-09-26 Thread Daniel Burrows
On Wed, Sep 24, 2003 at 12:44:50PM -0500, Gunnar Wolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was heard to say: > Daniel Burrows dijo [Wed, Sep 24, 2003 at 01:10:57PM -0400]: > > > And I insist... Do you want to stop every mail which is (peeking at my > > > inbox) between 1887 and 2183 bytes long just because it migh

Re: Re: Virus emails

2003-10-14 Thread Steve Saks
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Re: popsneaker vs. bandwidth consumption [was:Re: Virus emails]

2003-09-24 Thread Jochen Voss
Hello, On Sat, Sep 20, 2003 at 03:41:36PM +0200, Paul Seelig wrote: > snip - > Package: popsneaker > Status: install ok installed > Priority: optional > Section: mail > Installed-Size: 159 > Maintainer: Stefan Baehre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Version: 0.6.2-1 > Dep