uol.com.br is now banned from this list

[Craig White]

On Fri, 2005-11-18 at 11:33 +1030, Tim wrote:
> On Thu, 2005-11-17 at 07:58 -0700, Craig White wrote:
> > I suppose the way to definitively solve this issue is to create an
> > smtp daemon that tarpits connections from uol.com.br and distribute it
> > to enough fedora list users that would bring their smtp servers to
> > it's knees within minutes.
> 
> Isn't the tradition Unix response to fire off multi-megabyte core dumps
> at malcontents on the net?  ;-)
> 
> However, an attack, whatever motivated is an attack, and can get you in
> trouble while they plead innocent.  Isn't the proper response to
> complain to their abuse department, then if that doesn't work, find
> their upstream provider and complain to that?
----
a tar pit isn't an attack...it is the perversion of smtp protocols that
drags out the connection period before the mail exchange transaction can
complete. 

Craig


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