Words by Lucas Albers [Tue, Feb 17, 2004 at 12:25:17AM -0700]: > Just recently I had my mail server swamped by a single virus machine that > kept resending a virus message, ignoring my 5xx rejection code. > > Is it possbile to block this via an iptables smtp max connection throttle > code? > > How do you handle this? > Via iptables?, or via qmail/postfix/exim/sendmail internal coding? >
Null route 'em. That will keep them busy for quite a long time. > Does anyone else encounter this problem on a regular basis? No. And I find it hard that a client machine can so easily disturb your service. > How do you solve this? > null route. -- Jose Celestino | http://xpto.org/~japc/files/japc-pgpkey.asc ---------------------------------------------------------------- "...the law, cold and aloof by its very nature, has no access to the passions that might justify the cruel act of murder." -- SADE
