Re: SMTP vulnerabilities

From: lists@notatla.demon.co.uk
Date: 12/02/01 

To: security-discuss@linuxsecurity.com
Subject: Re: SMTP vulnerabilities
Message-Id: <20011201232438.AFDF146A8@notatla.demon.co.uk>
Date: Sat,  1 Dec 2001 23:24:38 +0000 (GMT)
From: lists@notatla.demon.co.uk

From: Dave Wreski <dave@guardiandigital.com>

> The SMTP protocol is inherently susceptible to DoS attacks. There's no
> access control to prevent someone from flooding your server with more
> requests than it can handle.

It can be done. Work is under way (but not very fast) at the Campaign for
Real Mail (CAMRAM). The name will be familiar to Brits as it resembles
the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA).

To subscribe, e-mail: camram-spam-subscribe@camram.org
For additional commands, e-mail: camram-spam-help@camram.org
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