Re: validating i.p.'s

2005-06-06 Thread Matt Kettler
Pieter Combrinck wrote: > Maybe all you need is to check PTR records for the MTA's connecting to > you. > In actuality this thread has nothing to do with validating IP addresses at all. It's really about detecting spoofed domains. Check the rest of the thread, it's already been answered pretty we

RE: validating i.p.'s

2005-06-06 Thread Pieter Combrinck
Maybe all you need is to check PTR records for the MTA's connecting to you. -Original Message- From: Matt Kettler [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 03 June 2005 08:56 PM To: Rick Macdougall Cc: Thomas Deaton; users@spamassassin.apache.org Subject: Re: validating i.p.'s Rick

Re: validating i.p.'s

2005-06-03 Thread Matt Kettler
Rick Macdougall wrote: > > > Thomas Deaton wrote: > >> How do I check that an incoming email has a valid i.p.? >> >> thanks > > > Hi, > > If it's not a valid IP then how does it get to your server ? Tcp blind spoofing attack? This is not exactly a workable option for most attackers in tr

Re: validating i.p.'s

2005-06-03 Thread Matt Kettler
Thomas Deaton wrote: > I mean the people are not who they say they are... take the latest Ebay > "click here" spam, for instance. The "click here" gets you a virus, but the > sender is not from Ebay... he just looks like he is.. sorry if I'm not making > more sense. > Ahh, you don't want to va

Re: validating i.p.'s

2005-06-03 Thread Niek
On 6/3/2005 8:37 PM +0200, Thomas Deaton wrote: I mean the people are not who they say they are... take the latest Ebay "click here" spam, for instance. The "click here" gets you a virus, but the sender is not from Ebay... he just looks like he is.. sorry if I'm not making more sense. spf Ni

RE: validating i.p.'s

2005-06-03 Thread Thomas Deaton
: Rick Macdougall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, June 03, 2005 2:34 PM To: Thomas Deaton Cc: users@spamassassin.apache.org Subject: Re: validating i.p.'s Thomas Deaton wrote: > How do I check that an incoming email has a valid i.p.? > > thanks Hi, If it's not a

Re: validating i.p.'s

2005-06-03 Thread Niek
On 6/3/2005 8:31 PM +0200, Thomas Deaton wrote: How do I check that an incoming email has a valid i.p.? What is a valid ip ? Niek Baakman

Re: validating i.p.'s

2005-06-03 Thread Rick Macdougall
Thomas Deaton wrote: How do I check that an incoming email has a valid i.p.? thanks Hi, If it's not a valid IP then how does it get to your server ? Rick

validating i.p.'s

2005-06-03 Thread Thomas Deaton
How do I check that an incoming email has a valid i.p.?   thanks E-mail correspondence to and from this address may be subject to the North Carolina Public Records Law and may be disclosed to third parties by an authorized county official. If you have received this communication in error , p