Re: [exim] DoS attack with nested MIME levels

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Author: Oliver Egginger
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To: Michael Haardt
CC: exim-users
Subject: Re: [exim] DoS attack with nested MIME levels
> I have no idea if malware tries to bypass scanners by hitting their
> limits until they stop scanning, or if there is some new popular, but
> broken, software.
>

It's an old trick called mailbomb. Google for 42.zip.

- oliver




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