On Fri, 9 Apr 2004 22:53:15 +1000, Russell wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> On Fri, 9 Apr 2004 21:32, Arnt Karlsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Fri, 9 Apr 2004 15:27:03 +1000, Russell wrote in message > > > http://www.netfilter.org/patch-o-matic/pom-base.html > > > > > > See the section on "osf" in the above URL for a better solution. > > > Simply block Windows machines from accessing your port 25. > > > > ..if only all isp's did it... > > Not all ISPs need to do it. Only your ISP and the ISPs that host > mailing lists that you subscribe to. ..true. And, it does nothing to stop Bill Gates' email-fee scheme. > If you are interested in this then the best thing you can do is to > build yourself a kernel with osf and try it out. If it works well > create a Debian kernel-patch package for it so that other Debian users > can conveniently use it. The more accessible you make this to Debian > people the closer it comes to being installed on Debian list > servers... ..I agree, but don't hold your breath, I'm still a fresh Red Hat convertee, and I first have to get apt-get or yum up and going on my client's boxes, ie; those RH-7.3 and RH-9'ers that I need to keep up 24/7, everything else is and becomes Woody and Sarge as soon as they blink. ;-) I'll honk the horn when my osf deb needs testing. -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt... ;-) ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... Scenarios always come in sets of three: best case, worst case, and just in case.
