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cc:mail trivial DoS attack - self mailbombing.
From: alan () MANAWATU GEN NZ (Alan Brown)
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1999 05:35:50 +1200
This seems to work on most cc:mail installations Send mail to postmaster@[x.x.x.x] where x.x.x.x is the IP address of the server. In most cases, the machine will mailbomb itself into the ground with undeliverable mail messages. For bonus points, use a bogus, undeliverable sender envelope and watch it crash even faster. In some cases, In some cases, postmaster () rDNS name will have the same effect, depending how badly setup the server is. Script kiddies may like to have fun by using a sender envelope belonging to someone else. One case I've seen resulted in the machine sending over 5800 "postmaster: No such user" errors for one message sent to it. AB
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