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Date:      Sun, 19 Oct 2008 14:06:48 -0400
From:      Sahil Tandon <sahil@tandon.net>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Postfix communicating with IPFW
Message-ID:  <20081019180648.GA53695@shepherd>
In-Reply-To: <20081019173456.GA53615@shepherd>
References:  <48FB5F6C.6070205@webrz.net> <20081019173456.GA53615@shepherd>

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Sahil Tandon <sahil@tandon.net> wrote:

> Jos Chrispijn <jos@webrz.net> wrote:
> 
> > I recently got attacked with some dsl subscribers of this (imaginary) 
> > some.net domain.
> >
> > These subscribers present themselves as [ip address.dynamic.some.net].
> > Postfix SMTP server: errors from 66-66-66-166.dynamic.some.net 
> > [66.66.66.166]

One more thing: I use the following PCRE to block dynamic-looking IPs at
SMTP and it really isn't resource intensive.

/\d+([-\.]\d+){3}/	REJECT  Generic hostnames prohibited.

-- 
Sahil Tandon <sahil@tandon.net>



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