Re: This spam should have triggered more rules

2008-08-28 Thread mouss
Skip wrote: mouss wrote: Jason Haar wrote: Karsten Bräckelmann wrote: uri EXECUTABLE /\.(?:exe|scr|dll|pif|vbs|wsh|cmd|bat)$/i That won't stop "blah.exe?token=cookie". Web servers will still return "blah.exe" (and the attacker can trackback who clicked on it too that way! ;-) How ab

Re: This spam should have triggered more rules

2008-08-28 Thread Skip
mouss wrote: Jason Haar wrote: Karsten Bräckelmann wrote: uri EXECUTABLE /\.(?:exe|scr|dll|pif|vbs|wsh|cmd|bat)$/i That won't stop "blah.exe?token=cookie". Web servers will still return "blah.exe" (and the attacker can trackback who clicked on it too that way! ;-) How about uri EXE

Re: RulesDuJour & Tripwire Issue

2008-08-28 Thread Andy Sutton
On Wed, 2008-08-27 at 23:05 -0500, Curtis LaMasters wrote: > @Andy - I was able to parse the script that you sent me to which had > neither my problem nor my solution Actually it DID contain your problem AND the solution: # Version 1.31 NOTICE! Rules du jour is no longer being maintained. As the

RE: e greeting exe link

2008-08-28 Thread Karsten Bräckelmann
On Wed, 2008-08-27 at 18:34 -0700, John Hardin wrote: > On Thu, 28 Aug 2008, Michael Hutchinson wrote: > > > I would be hoping to match the same sort of URL: > > http://ns1.shinwa-com.co.jp/~denso/card.exe > > > > But only match it from the last trailing / character. In other words, if > > the me

Re: This spam should have triggered more rules

2008-08-28 Thread Karsten Bräckelmann
On Thu, 2008-08-28 at 14:18 +1200, Jason Haar wrote: > Karsten Bräckelmann wrote: > > > > uri EXECUTABLE /\.(?:exe|scr|dll|pif|vbs|wsh|cmd|bat)$/i > > That won't stop "blah.exe?token=cookie". Web servers will still return > "blah.exe" (and the attacker can trackback who clicked on it too that

Re: Handy script for generating /etc/resolv.conf

2008-08-28 Thread Martin Gregorie
On Thu, 2008-08-28 at 08:41 -0700, Marc Perkel wrote: > Here's something I threw together to make sure the /etc/resolv.conf > points to a working nameserver. I run this once a minute. It checks to > see what name servers are up and creates /etc/resolv.conf. As you all > know SA and mail servers

Re: Handy script for generating /etc/resolv.conf

2008-08-28 Thread Matus UHLAR - fantomas
> >On 28.08.08 08:41, Marc Perkel wrote: > > > >>Here's something I threw together to make sure the /etc/resolv.conf > >>points to a working nameserver. > Matus UHLAR - fantomas wrote: > >do you have problems with nameservers? Do you run own one? > > > >I guess that setting timeout, rotate and

Re: Handy script for generating /etc/resolv.conf

2008-08-28 Thread Ralf Hildebrandt
* Marc Perkel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > Ralf Hildebrandt wrote: >> * Matus UHLAR - fantomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> >> >>> I guess that setting timeout, rotate and attempts options in resolv.conf >>> could help you more than such script >>> >> >> Nice tip, but there's no option that will "

Re: Handy script for generating /etc/resolv.conf

2008-08-28 Thread Marc Perkel
Ralf Hildebrandt wrote: * Matus UHLAR - fantomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: I guess that setting timeout, rotate and attempts options in resolv.conf could help you more than such script Nice tip, but there's no option that will "back off" from a dead DNS. Of course timeout/attempts and ro

Re: Handy script for generating /etc/resolv.conf

2008-08-28 Thread Marc Perkel
Matus UHLAR - fantomas wrote: We have 4 DNS servers behind L3 switch that monitors DNS servers... This script is a poor man's L3 switch. :)

Re: Handy script for generating /etc/resolv.conf

2008-08-28 Thread Matus UHLAR - fantomas
> * Matus UHLAR - fantomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > I guess that setting timeout, rotate and attempts options in resolv.conf > > could help you more than such script On 28.08.08 18:05, Ralf Hildebrandt wrote: > Nice tip, but there's no option that will "back off" from a dead DNS. > Of course ti

Re: Handy script for generating /etc/resolv.conf

2008-08-28 Thread Marc Perkel
Matus UHLAR - fantomas wrote: On 28.08.08 08:41, Marc Perkel wrote: Here's something I threw together to make sure the /etc/resolv.conf points to a working nameserver. do you have problems with nameservers? Do you run own one? I guess that setting timeout, rotate and attempts option

RE: Handy script for generating /etc/resolv.conf

2008-08-28 Thread Martin.Hepworth
Marc So what happens if you run a local nameserver in caching mode? You may find this reduces the DNS related query time (and for that matter overall SA processing) dramitcally). -- Martin Hepworth Snr Systems Administrator Solid State Logic Tel: +44 (0)1865 842300 > -Original Message-

Re: Handy script for generating /etc/resolv.conf

2008-08-28 Thread Ralf Hildebrandt
* Matus UHLAR - fantomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I guess that setting timeout, rotate and attempts options in resolv.conf > could help you more than such script Nice tip, but there's no option that will "back off" from a dead DNS. Of course timeout/attempts and rotate will help a bit. -- Ralf Hi

Re: Handy script for generating /etc/resolv.conf

2008-08-28 Thread Matus UHLAR - fantomas
On 28.08.08 08:41, Marc Perkel wrote: > Here's something I threw together to make sure the /etc/resolv.conf > points to a working nameserver. do you have problems with nameservers? Do you run own one? I guess that setting timeout, rotate and attempts options in resolv.conf could help you more th

Re: Handy script for generating /etc/resolv.conf

2008-08-28 Thread John Hardin
On Thu, 28 Aug 2008, John Hardin wrote: On Thu, 28 Aug 2008, Marc Perkel wrote: echo > > /etc/resolv.tmp That space between the >s is going to cause problems. ...WTF? Never mind, PINE betrayed me by reformatting those lines for some reason. -- John Hardin KA7OHZhtt

Re: Handy script for generating /etc/resolv.conf

2008-08-28 Thread John Hardin
On Thu, 28 Aug 2008, Marc Perkel wrote: echo > > /etc/resolv.tmp That space between the >s is going to cause problems. -- John Hardin KA7OHZhttp://www.impsec.org/~jhardin/ [EMAIL PROTECTED]FALaholic #11174 pgpk -a [EMAIL PROTECTED] key: 0xB8732E79 -- 2D8C 34F4

Re: Handy script for generating /etc/resolv.conf

2008-08-28 Thread Marc Perkel
Marc Perkel wrote: Here's something I threw together to make sure the /etc/resolv.conf points to a working nameserver. I run this once a minute. It checks to see what name servers are up and creates /etc/resolv.conf. As you all know SA and mail servers need the first nameserver to always be w

Handy script for generating /etc/resolv.conf

2008-08-28 Thread Marc Perkel
Here's something I threw together to make sure the /etc/resolv.conf points to a working nameserver. I run this once a minute. It checks to see what name servers are up and creates /etc/resolv.conf. As you all know SA and mail servers need the first nameserver to always be working. #!/bin/bash

RE: UltraDNS.net?

2008-08-28 Thread Jason Bertoch
> -Original Message- > From: Len Conrad [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2008 10:43 AM > To: users@spamassassin.apache.org > Subject: UltraDNS.net? > > I'd say UltraDNS should consider getting out of the mail > business. We're considering a hard block on them for a l

RE: e greeting exe link

2008-08-28 Thread John Hardin
On Thu, 28 Aug 2008, Michael Hutchinson wrote: Why do you care about the part before the period? You don't like card.exe but you trust card1.exe? Good point, but I wouldn't like to block all .exe's. Our local users wont bother zipping stuff and will complain. I was going to be happy with jus

UltraDNS.net?

2008-08-28 Thread Len Conrad
Traffic from UltraDNS.net PTRs has been suspect, but I never really looked at them until today. The following stats are from one of two equal preference secondary MXs, where there are 3 equal preference primary MXs active. The quality of the secondary traffic is extremely low. The overwhelm

Re: Our secret is out

2008-08-28 Thread Michelle Konzack
Am 2008-08-15 17:22:46, schrieb Gene Heskett: > On Friday 15 August 2008, Luis Hernán Otegui wrote: > >Count me in! I know where some local spammers live, I can get a .275 > >sniper rifle from one on my friends, and I have Jui Jitsu training! > > > A .275"?, must be a pretty tight barrel for most 2

Re: Honeypot Email Addresses

2008-08-28 Thread Michelle Konzack
Am 2008-08-18 13:46:56, schrieb [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > Hello, > Long time SA user here. I have googled much for an answer for this. I have a > few email addresses that are clearly now spam only. I would like to > blacklist them and use them as a honeypot to help train my Bayes through > autolearn, do

Re: Scores

2008-08-28 Thread mouss
Lars Ebeling wrote: Dear All, what does the different scores mean in this example: RCVD_IN_BL_SPAMCOP_NET 0 1.332 0 1.558 the TFM is a good reading! $ man Mail::SpamAssassin::Conf also available on the web: http://spamassassin.apache.org/full/3.2.x/doc/Mail_SpamAssassin_Conf.html Search

Re: Scores

2008-08-28 Thread Matus UHLAR - fantomas
On 28.08.08 13:34, Lars Ebeling wrote: > what does the different scores mean in this example: > > RCVD_IN_BL_SPAMCOP_NET 0 1.332 0 1.558 I think it's described in the documentation... have you read it? http://spamassassin.apache.org/full/3.2.x/doc/Mail_SpamAssassin_Conf.html#item_score_symbolic_

Scores

2008-08-28 Thread Lars Ebeling
Dear All, what does the different scores mean in this example: RCVD_IN_BL_SPAMCOP_NET 0 1.332 0 1.558 -- Regards Lars Ebeling http://leopg9.no-ip.org Hobbithobbyist "I am not young enough to know everything." -- Oscar Wilde

Re: Updating rules with old version of spamassassin

2008-08-28 Thread mouss
patrickbaer wrote: Hi Martin, thank you for the info. So what I can see, Spamassassin is merely a perl module used by amavisd, right? If I install the new version, it will just replace the old module and add some little gadgets like sa-update? you should upgrade both spamassassin and amavi