Re: Reverse DNS Rejection Problem

2009-10-31 Thread Ansgar Wiechers
On 2009-10-31 Noel Jones wrote: > On 10/31/2009 10:36 AM, Ansgar Wiechers wrote: >> There's also nothing wrong with a setup like this: >> >> 192.0.2.1 PTR uranus.example.com. >> 192.0.2.1 PTR www.example.com. >> 192.0.2.1 PTR ftp.example.com. >> 192.0.2.1

Re: Reverse DNS Rejection Problem

2009-10-31 Thread Noel Jones
On 10/31/2009 10:36 AM, Ansgar Wiechers wrote: There's also nothing wrong with a setup like this: 192.0.2.1 PTR uranus.example.com. 192.0.2.1 PTR www.example.com. 192.0.2.1 PTR ftp.example.com. 192.0.2.1 PTR blog.example.com. 192.0.2.1 PT

Re: Reverse DNS Rejection Problem

2009-10-31 Thread Ansgar Wiechers
On 2009-10-31 mouss wrote: > Ansgar Wiechers a écrit : >> On 2009-10-29 Phillip Smith wrote: >>> Then a) it doesn't resolve perfectly -- it should resolve both ways. >>> And b) any given IP address should only have *one* corresponding PTR >>> record, not multiple PTR's. For one, it causes problems

Re: Reverse DNS Rejection Problem

2009-10-31 Thread mouss
Ansgar Wiechers a écrit : > On 2009-10-29 Phillip Smith wrote: Tell the admin of the remote domain to fix their PTR records and/or MX helo configuration because in the meantime, you're going to have to implement a dirty hack to make their server work. >>> But the PTR needs no "fix".

Re: Reverse DNS Rejection Problem

2009-10-30 Thread Dennis Putnam
Thanks. I owe you one. That seems to have fixed it. On Oct 29, 2009, at 2:41 PM, Victor Duchovni wrote: On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 02:35:56PM -0400, Dennis Putnam wrote: That is a relief when I get to the new version. In the mean time I am still having trouble with the workaround. My config

Re: Reverse DNS Rejection Problem

2009-10-29 Thread Victor Duchovni
On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 02:35:56PM -0400, Dennis Putnam wrote: > That is a relief when I get to the new version. > > In the mean time I am still having trouble with the workaround. My config > now says: > > smtpd_helo_restrictions = > check_client_access cidr:/etc/postfix/heloaccept.cidr >

Re: Reverse DNS Rejection Problem

2009-10-29 Thread Dennis Putnam
That is a relief when I get to the new version. In the mean time I am still having trouble with the workaround. My config now says: smtpd_helo_restrictions = check_client_access cidr:/etc/postfix/heloaccept.cidr That got rid of the dictionary error however it does not work as I expec

Re: Reverse DNS Rejection Problem

2009-10-29 Thread d . hill
Quoting ram : On Wed, 2009-10-28 at 08:45 +1100, Phillip Smith wrote: 2009/10/28 Dennis Putnam Thanks or the reply. That sucks. Is there a way around this, short of turning that off or whitelisting? Tell the admin of the remote domain to fix their PTR records and/or MX helo co

Re: Reverse DNS Rejection Problem

2009-10-29 Thread Ansgar Wiechers
On 2009-10-29 Phillip Smith wrote: >>> Tell the admin of the remote domain to fix their PTR records and/or >>> MX helo configuration because in the meantime, you're going to have >>> to implement a dirty hack to make their server work. >> >> But the PTR needs no "fix". >> >> The IP resolves to a ho

Re: Reverse DNS Rejection Problem

2009-10-29 Thread Phillip Smith
> > Tell the admin of the remote domain to fix their PTR records and/or MX > > helo configuration because in the meantime, you're going to have to > > implement a dirty hack to make their server work. > > But the PTR needs no "fix". > > The IP resolves to a hostname perfectly fine , only that the h

Re: Reverse DNS Rejection Problem

2009-10-28 Thread ram
On Wed, 2009-10-28 at 08:45 +1100, Phillip Smith wrote: > 2009/10/28 Dennis Putnam > Thanks or the reply. That sucks. Is there a way around this, > short of turning that off or whitelisting? > > Tell the admin of the remote domain to fix their PTR records and/or MX > helo configur

Reverse DNS Rejection Problem

2009-10-28 Thread Stan Hoeppner
Paul Beard put forth on 10/28/2009 11:48 AM: > On Oct 28, 2009, at 9:13 AM, Stan Hoeppner wrote: > >> Debian GNU/Linux isn't OSX (it's better). Dunno if this is a >> possibility for you, but it is an option if you want to keep that PPC >> hardware humming away with fully up to date modern code.

Re: Reverse DNS Rejection Problem

2009-10-28 Thread Paul Beard
On Oct 28, 2009, at 9:13 AM, Stan Hoeppner wrote: Debian GNU/Linux isn't OSX (it's better). Dunno if this is a possibility for you, but it is an option if you want to keep that PPC hardware humming away with fully up to date modern code. If mgmt doesn't want someone compiling a native ver

Reverse DNS Rejection Problem

2009-10-28 Thread Stan Hoeppner
Dennis Putnam put forth on 10/28/2009 10:53 AM: > Yes. However, that is the version Apple provides with OS X 10.4. OS X > 10.6, which has the latest version of Postfix, will not run on PPC > servers so we are in the process of acquiring Intel servers (dictated by > budget issues beyond my control).

Re: Reverse DNS Rejection Problem

2009-10-28 Thread Dennis Putnam
Management doesn't want me to spend the time doing that since we are upgrading the servers. Welcome to my world between a rock and a hard place. :-) The really bad part is all this configuration stuff will need to be migrated to the new version of Postfix anyway. On Oct 28, 2009, at 12:00

Re: Reverse DNS Rejection Problem

2009-10-28 Thread Eero Volotinen
Dennis Putnam kirjoitti: Yes. However, that is the version Apple provides with OS X 10.4. OS X 10.6, which has the latest version of Postfix, will not run on PPC servers so we are in the process of acquiring Intel servers (dictated by budget issues beyond my control). Unfortunately, I have to d

Re: Reverse DNS Rejection Problem

2009-10-28 Thread Dennis Putnam
Yes. However, that is the version Apple provides with OS X 10.4. OS X 10.6, which has the latest version of Postfix, will not run on PPC servers so we are in the process of acquiring Intel servers (dictated by budget issues beyond my control). Unfortunately, I have to deal with this immedia

Reverse DNS Rejection Problem

2009-10-28 Thread Stan Hoeppner
Dennis Putnam put forth on 10/28/2009 8:57 AM: > Thanks for the reply. It appears this is not supported with my version > of Postfix (2.1.5). When I try this syntax: You do realize that 2.1.5 is dated around mid 2004, yes? Over 5 years old. Any Postfix installation older than 2.3.x is no longer

Re: Reverse DNS Rejection Problem

2009-10-28 Thread Wietse Venema
Dennis Putnam: > Thanks for the reply. It appears this is not supported with my version > of Postfix (2.1.5). When I try this syntax: > > smtpd_helo_restrictions = > check_client_access pcre:/etc/postfix/heloaccept.pcre Sorry. "pcre" should be "cidr" everywhere in my reply. Some neuron

Re: Reverse DNS Rejection Problem

2009-10-28 Thread Mikael Bak
Dennis Putnam wrote: > Thanks for the reply. It appears this is not supported with my version > of Postfix (2.1.5). When I try this syntax: > > smtpd_helo_restrictions = > check_client_access pcre:/etc/postfix/heloaccept.pcre > > I get this error: > > fatal: unsupported dictionary type:

Re: Reverse DNS Rejection Problem

2009-10-28 Thread Dennis Putnam
Thanks for the reply. It appears this is not supported with my version of Postfix (2.1.5). When I try this syntax: smtpd_helo_restrictions = check_client_access pcre:/etc/postfix/heloaccept.pcre I get this error: fatal: unsupported dictionary type: pcre On Oct 28, 2009, at 8:16 AM, W

Re: Reverse DNS Rejection Problem

2009-10-28 Thread Wietse Venema
Dennis Putnam: > It is beginning to appear this is my only alternative. However, > maintaining a whilelist will require some special approvals by our > security auditors. In any case, assuming I can get approval, is the > syntax for this the same as the other hash files (ie. IP address > fo

Re: Reverse DNS Rejection Problem

2009-10-28 Thread Dennis Putnam
It is beginning to appear this is my only alternative. However, maintaining a whilelist will require some special approvals by our security auditors. In any case, assuming I can get approval, is the syntax for this the same as the other hash files (ie. IP address followed by REJECT, OK, etc

Re: Reverse DNS Rejection Problem

2009-10-27 Thread Phillip Smith
2009/10/28 Dennis Putnam > Thanks or the reply. That sucks. Is there a way around this, short of > turning that off or whitelisting? Tell the admin of the remote domain to fix their PTR records and/or MX helo configuration because in the meantime, you're going to have to implement a dirty hack

Re: Reverse DNS Rejection Problem

2009-10-27 Thread Dennis Putnam
That is not much different than whitelisting, right? I still have to maintain a list of permitted networks, do I not? On Oct 27, 2009, at 1:24 PM, Victor Duchovni wrote: On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 01:14:05PM -0400, Dennis Putnam wrote: Thanks or the reply. That sucks. Is there a way around thi

Re: Reverse DNS Rejection Problem

2009-10-27 Thread Victor Duchovni
On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 01:14:05PM -0400, Dennis Putnam wrote: > Thanks or the reply. That sucks. Is there a way around this, short of > turning that off or whitelisting? Don't use "reject_unknown_client" uncondionally. Use it selectively in a check_client_access cidr:/etc/postfix/clien

Re: Reverse DNS Rejection Problem

2009-10-27 Thread Dennis Putnam
Thanks or the reply. That sucks. Is there a way around this, short of turning that off or whitelisting? On Oct 27, 2009, at 11:34 AM, Wietse Venema wrote: Dennis Putnam: I have my Postfix configured to require proper DNS resolution in both directions. However, I have a situation that is givi

Re: Reverse DNS Rejection Problem

2009-10-27 Thread Charles Marcus
On 10/27/2009, Dennis Putnam (dennis.put...@aimaudit.com) wrote: > I have my Postfix configured to require proper DNS resolution in both > directions. However, I have a situation that is giving me problems > perhaps due to multiple PTR records for the IP address. I am getting the > error: > > 450

Re: Reverse DNS Rejection Problem

2009-10-27 Thread Wietse Venema
Dennis Putnam: > I have my Postfix configured to require proper DNS resolution in both > directions. However, I have a situation that is giving me problems > perhaps due to multiple PTR records for the IP address. I am getting > the error: > > 450 Client host rejected: cannot find your hostn

Reverse DNS Rejection Problem

2009-10-27 Thread Dennis Putnam
I have my Postfix configured to require proper DNS resolution in both directions. However, I have a situation that is giving me problems perhaps due to multiple PTR records for the IP address. I am getting the error: 450 Client host rejected: cannot find your hostname When I 'dig' the host