From owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Oct 2 16:09:57 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BFD431065670 for ; Fri, 2 Oct 2009 16:09:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from devin@spamcop.net) Received: from mail.distalzou.net (203.141.139.231.static.zoot.jp [203.141.139.231]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8A15D8FC14 for ; Fri, 2 Oct 2009 16:09:57 +0000 (UTC) Received: from plexi.pun-pun.prv ([192.168.7.29]) by mail.distalzou.net with esmtps (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.69 (FreeBSD)) (envelope-from ) id 1MtkGG-000KNJ-3W; Sat, 03 Oct 2009 00:41:36 +0900 Date: Sat, 3 Oct 2009 00:41:35 +0900 (JST) From: Tod McQuillin X-X-Sender: devin@plexi.pun-pun.prv To: johnea In-Reply-To: <4AC61C0B.3050704@johnea.net> Message-ID: <20091003003817.C1868@plexi.pun-pun.prv> References: <4AC545C3.9020608@johnea.net> <19141.20047.694147.865710@hergotha.csail.mit.edu> <4AC61C0B.3050704@johnea.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Cc: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Subject: Re: openssh concerns 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: Fri, 02 Oct 2009 16:09:57 -0000 On Fri, 2 Oct 2009, johnea wrote: > Maybe I'm a little paranoid, but after watching the level of spam ever > increasing over the last 5 years, and more and more people moving to > big (monopolistic?) service providers like google and hotmail. I've > wondered if these big corporate service providers don't tolerate the > spam level in order to prevent anyone who doesn't have a building full > of IT staff from running their own mail servers. As recently as last month I was thinking along the same lines, but now that I have installed a greylisting spam filter (mail/spamd from ports) spam is down to extremely manageable levels on my home mail server. With a little time spent configuring your world, there is still room for do-it-yourself admins with small networks. -- Tod