RE: [SAtalk] Spammer causing Denial Of Service

2003-12-20 Thread Matthew Western,R&D Aust
List Subject: RE: [SAtalk] Spammer causing Denial Of Service > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Scott Williams > Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2003 11:10 PM > To: Scott Williams > Cc: Spamassassin-List > Su

RE: [SAtalk] Spammer causing Denial Of Service

2003-12-19 Thread Scott Harris
> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Scott Williams > Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2003 11:10 PM > To: Scott Williams > Cc: Spamassassin-List > Subject: [SAtalk] Spammer causing Denial Of Service > >

[SAtalk] Spammer causing Denial Of Service

2003-12-19 Thread Scott Williams
I was looking at the SA logs and noticed how a spammer would open up multiple sessions all to one target address. He opened 15 sessions in 10 seconds and proceded to hold them for 5 minutes until I timed out on the connections. So for 5 minutes my filter was essentially rendered useless since I