Re: james SMTP authentication enforcement

2006-03-09 Thread Ken Lin
Stefano: Thanks! I tested the configuration and found that it works. Maybe this method of "spoofing" users has been overlooked. Even if James has SMTP turned on, I can impersonate any user of the server and send another user an email without any authentication. In a way, it seems to be a se

RE: james SMTP authentication enforcement

2006-03-08 Thread Noel J. Bergman
See also the "Secure Mailing List using S/MIME" discussion from January. There are some comments in there from Stefano that could apply. --- Noel - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mai

Re: james SMTP authentication enforcement

2006-03-08 Thread Stefano Bagnara
Ken Lin wrote: Stefano: Here is the actual scenario I try to prevent: Let's say I use james email server at corporation xyz.com. A hacker/email worm program telnet to SMTP port (inside or outside the corporate firewall), uses one of the employees' email address as "from" address (say [EMA

Re: james SMTP authentication enforcement

2006-03-07 Thread Ken Lin
Stefano: Here is the actual scenario I try to prevent: Let's say I use james email server at corporation xyz.com. A hacker/email worm program telnet to SMTP port (inside or outside the corporate firewall), uses one of the employees' email address as "from" address (say [EMAIL PROTECTED])

Re: james SMTP authentication enforcement

2006-03-07 Thread Stefano Bagnara
SMTP Authentication is defined in the SMTP rfc and is not related with the from address. If you are authenticated james does not perform relay checks. If you are not authenticated then messages destinated (SMTP RCPT TO: command argument) to domains included in "" will be accepted while messag

james SMTP authentication enforcement

2006-03-07 Thread Ken Lin
Hi: I installed the james mail server behind a firewall, and exposed its SMTP port through firewall tunneling. Because of the firewall, I cannot do any IP based authentication because all incoming connection shows the internal address of the firewall (192.0.something) I turned on t