[25890] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: ARIN whois
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Bruce Campbell)
Tue Nov 23 04:27:23 1999
Date: Tue, 23 Nov 1999 19:17:43 +1000 (EST)
From: Bruce Campbell <bc@vicious.dropbear.id.au>
To: "Roeland M.J. Meyer" <rmeyer@mhsc.com>
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
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On Mon, 22 Nov 1999, Roeland M.J. Meyer wrote:
> > What "legitimate business purposes" necessitate leaving SMTP
> > relays open
> > to the world?
>
> How about running a commercial email gateway?
Lets try another analogy set, ie You run a gas station.
open-relay:
You give out free fuel to whoever turns up in a vehicle capable of
accepting fuel from your bowser.
pop-before-smtp authentication:
You require a valid corporate fleet card before handing out fuel.
full-anti-relay:
You require payment before letting them near the bowser.
trusted-hosts or IP-based access lists:
If their numberplate is in a certain range, give them free fuel.
> How about commercial anonymous re-mailers?
Ah, this would be:
You give out free fuel on sighting, but not verifying, a corporate
fleet card, and give them a new car.
--==--
Bruce.
Peregrinus expectavi pedes meos in cymbalis est.
