From owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jun 6 15:30:46 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-security@FreeBSD.org Delivered-To: freebsd-security@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E4CA716A400 for ; Wed, 6 Jun 2007 15:30:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from des@des.no) Received: from tim.des.no (tim.des.no [194.63.250.121]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A21DF13C457 for ; Wed, 6 Jun 2007 15:30:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from des@des.no) Received: from tim.des.no (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by spam.des.no (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9440C20AF; Wed, 6 Jun 2007 17:30:37 +0200 (CEST) X-Spam-Tests: AWL X-Spam-Learn: disabled X-Spam-Score: 0.0/3.0 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.0 (2007-05-01) on tim.des.no Received: from dwp.des.no (des.no [80.203.243.180]) by smtp.des.no (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1424C20A6; Wed, 6 Jun 2007 17:30:37 +0200 (CEST) Received: by dwp.des.no (Postfix, from userid 1001) id D9D4E570B; Wed, 6 Jun 2007 17:30:44 +0200 (CEST) From: =?utf-8?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=C3=B8rgrav?= To: sam garcia References: <8F450BE3-0112-1000-9274-4404BC5B0C5D-Webmail-10013@mac.com> <59856.194.74.82.3.1180938612.squirrel@galain.elvandar.org> Date: Wed, 06 Jun 2007 17:30:44 +0200 In-Reply-To: (sam garcia's message of "Wed\, 06 Jun 2007 03\:41\:44 -0700") Message-ID: <86fy55je1n.fsf@dwp.des.no> User-Agent: Gnus/5.110006 (No Gnus v0.6) Emacs/21.3 (berkeley-unix) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: freebsd-security@FreeBSD.org, remko@elvandar.org Subject: Re: security weakness X-BeenThere: freebsd-security@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Security issues \[members-only posting\]" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 06 Jun 2007 15:30:47 -0000 sam garcia writes: > Hello Remko: sorry to bother you again,after e mailing > freebsd-security@FreeBSD.org mailing list, got a reply by the list > moderator rejecting my message,stating that there is no valid message > from that address,sugesting yet another email address, it doubts the > authenticity of your recomendation No, Remko was correct. However, freebsd-security is moderated, and only subscribers may post there. > Remko, you sugested I should look into securing my emailserver > installation by preventing unauthorized access. you are of the > opinion that ICMP PING is not the cause of spam mailrelaying. could I > ask you if my Apple mac is any risk due to the PING portal being open? > if so would you advice me on what to do? I don't know what you mean by "PING portal", but no, ICMP echo request / reply messages can not normally be used to relay spam. In any case, your question has nothing to do with FreeBSD. If you suspect a security problem with your Mac, I suggest you contact Apple or a Mac users forum. DES --=20 Dag-Erling Sm=C3=B8rgrav - des@des.no