From owner-freebsd-hackers Sat Dec 18 18:45:15 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from monkeys.com (i180.value.net [206.14.136.180]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3D9451503C for ; Sat, 18 Dec 1999 18:45:12 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from rfg@monkeys.com) Received: from monkeys.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by monkeys.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id SAA44827; Sat, 18 Dec 1999 18:45:08 -0800 (PST) To: David Scheidt Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Practical limit for number of TCP connections? In-reply-to: Your message of Sat, 18 Dec 1999 20:23:41 -0600. Date: Sat, 18 Dec 1999 18:45:08 -0800 Message-ID: <44825.945571508@monkeys.com> From: "Ronald F. Guilmette" Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG In message , David Scheidt wrote: >On Sat, 18 Dec 1999, Ronald F. Guilmette wrote: > >> >> In a nutshell, teergrubing is the name that has been given to a simple >> technique that exploits a small but significant known weakness of most >> SMTP client implementations. This weakness is exploited to either slow >> down or halt the flow of e-mail from some SMTP client to some SMTP server. > >Think about it before you fire it up. You are essentially launching a DOS >attack on somebody's mail server. In some jurisdictions, that's a felony. That is just plain false. In fact it is more than false. It is silly. Why would you want to spread such a ridiculous rumor? Do you work for the DMA or something? The tgd daemon is an entirely defensive weapon... kinda like the old Regan-era Star Wars idea. It just sits there and does nothing until someone else attacks. If and when you _do_ start spamming my server, if I happen to be running the thing, all that happens is that you get stuck like a bug on flypaper. Next you'll be telling us that flypaper is against the laws that prohibit cruelty to animals. :-) Yea. Right. In which parallel Universe? P.S. What's so silly about this is that you got it entirely bass-ackwards. If *you* are sending *me* a ton of spam, it is *you* you might be prosecuted for having launced a Denial-Of-Service attack, not me. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message