On Fri, 2005-11-18 at 11:33 +1030, Tim wrote: > On Thu, 2005-11-17 at 07:58 -0700, Craig White wrote: > > I suppose the way to definitively solve this issue is to create an > > smtp daemon that tarpits connections from uol.com.br and distribute it > > to enough fedora list users that would bring their smtp servers to > > it's knees within minutes. > > Isn't the tradition Unix response to fire off multi-megabyte core dumps > at malcontents on the net? ;-) > > However, an attack, whatever motivated is an attack, and can get you in > trouble while they plead innocent. Isn't the proper response to > complain to their abuse department, then if that doesn't work, find > their upstream provider and complain to that? ---- a tar pit isn't an attack...it is the perversion of smtp protocols that drags out the connection period before the mail exchange transaction can complete. Craig -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.
