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Re: skirting port blocking?
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lugnet.off-topic.geek
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Thu, 26 Feb 2004 14:18:47 GMT
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mattdm@mattdm.#AvoidSpam#org
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Dan Boger <dan@peeron.com> wrote:
> That said, it might save on outgoing bandwidth, if there are a lot of
> spap-sending-infected students - which is not hard to believe :)
Yup, as I understand from the Windows folks, it was a nightmare. And
stopping the outgoing flood means less people getting new versions of the
mail, so it does slow down the spread. We just blocked it at BU for
Resnet, but we do allow students to relay through our main SMTP servers,
even if they're using a non-BU from address.
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Matthew Miller mattdm@mattdm.org <http://www.mattdm.org/>
Boston University Linux ------> <http://linux.bu.edu/>
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| "Matthew Miller" <mattdm@mattdm.org> wrote in message news:slrnc3s027.249.....bu.edu... [ ... snipped ... ] (...) [ ... snipped ... ] This is exactly what I do at work to reply to my non-work e-mail. Anything I send from my Mindspring account at (...) (21 years ago, 26-Feb-04, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| (...) Blocking outgoing port 25 doesn't do anything for security. At most, it means that infected machines can't be used to send out spam (unless they're using the U's SMTP server). But it won't stop anyone from *getting* infected. That said, it (...) (21 years ago, 26-Feb-04, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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