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Re: Open relays and open proxies
- From: Adi Linden
- Date: Fri Apr 25 12:45:01 2003
> Amazingly, even though I am posting in this thread... it is *not* about
> spam.
> Don't be fooled by the mention of open relays. Open proxies are abused for
> many purposes, of which spam is a minor one. I've seen open proxies in
> recent DoS source addresses for example.
It's the spam that cought my attention. QoS usually only becomes an issue
when a single host produces massive amounts of traffic. Because of the way
our network works I rarely get to know what is actually causing the
problem, I just ACL the affected ip until the problem has been resolved.
Adi
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