Re: [exim] DDOS on SMTP port by large number of new connecti…

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Author: Dave Lugo
Date:  
To: exim-users
Subject: Re: [exim] DDOS on SMTP port by large number of new connections from random IPs
On Tue, 28 Oct 2014, Anoop John wrote:
>
> Not sure how to take things forward from here. Thanks once again for your
> suggestions.
>


Are you doing any dns blocklist rejections? You could try to
do those earlier in the connect acl, taking into account whitelisted
hosts, etc.

You might also look at shoving either the DROP or EDROP list into
iptables:

http://www.spamhaus.org/drop/


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