Re: [Exim] [patch] anti sorted dictionary attack

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Author: Fred Viles
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To: exim-users
Subject: Re: [Exim] [patch] anti sorted dictionary attack
On 5 Mar 2004 at 17:49, Ollie Cook wrote about
    "Re: [Exim] [patch] anti sorted dict":


| On Fri, Mar 05, 2004 at 09:47:34AM -0800, Fred Viles wrote:
| > aware of. What advantage have you found in using your patch instead?

|
| With the patch it's possible to spot a dictionary attack where all the
| recipients are valid, and still block the message if you want.


Ah, that makes sense. My first thought was that that sounds pretty
unlikely (dictionary attacks with a high valid percentage), but I
guess that depends on how large your site is! Thanks...

- Fred