RE: Some Advice Please

  • From: "Maglinger, Paul" <PMAGLINGER@xxxxxxxx>
  • To: "[ExchangeList]" <exchangelist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 6 Jan 2006 07:42:30 -0600

John - ORF?   

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From: John T (Lists) [mailto:johnlist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2006 17:10
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Subject: [exchangelist] RE: Some Advice Please
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If it is a harvesting or dictionary attack, your best bet is an
automated way to temporarily block connections from an IP after x amount
of invalid recipients or tarpit the IP after x amount of invalid
recipients. 

 

Some one else has posted a couple of links of how to do this on
Exchange, but IMHO you want to do this before your Exchange server
unless you a small shop and do not have other resources.

 

My clients Exchange servers sit behind my e-mail server which is acting
as a gateway for them which that server sits behind 3 MS SMTP servers
with ORF running. 

 

ORF is actually a very good product that is growing but does not get
mentioned much. It can install on any server running IIS as it works
directly with the IIS SMTP service. 

 

A harvest attack is where the attacking server(s) will "send" an e-mail
to every possible address at your domain from a through zzzzzzzzzzz (you
get the idea) to find out which are valid addresses. The proper way to
fight this is either block the IP after so many invalid recipients or to
tarpit which means waiting 30 to 60 seconds to respond with a 5.1.x
indicating an invalid address. 

 

John T

eServices For You

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Rich Gallo [mailto:RGallo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2006 11:55 AM
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Subject: [exchangelist] RE: Some Advice Please
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Hey John T.

 

Thanks so much for the info.  Just a little more specific - can you
point me in the right direction to stop the harvest attack??  I am gonna
start Googling that now.  Thanks john!

 

Rich 

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