Re: tlug: Re: Test messages: Where's good?

[Chris Sekiya <chris@example.com>]

On Tue, 26 Jan 1999, Stephen J. Turnbull wrote:

> (1) People behind firewalls aren't going to be using a smarthost?
> Insane.  There is absolutely no excuse for allowing direct outgoing
> mail.  Fire the firewall admin.

Uh, I could see allowing outbound SMTP in an IP masquerading setup.

> IP spoofing is an awful lot of effort to go to for so little effect.

Depends on what's being returned by the SMTP checker.  Wouldn't be too
hard to imagine a neat DoS attack using this bit.

-- Chris

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