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| Subject: | Re: Strange SMTP sessions with 'helo=<large negative number>' syntax |
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| Date: | Fri, 30 Dec 2005 10:49:14 +0800 |
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi there, I remember we were doing this in Singapore a few years back to reach some of the website that were blocked by the provider's proxy, it was just a matter of converting an IP number (which is a 4 bytes word) to the equivalent 32 bit integer. Something like: black.box.sk => 66.250.131.132 => 0x42F48384 => 1123320708 I don't know if it works on IE anymore, on Firefox and Konqueror it doesn't. Regards, Paolo. Mike Davis wrote:
hehe, didnt even notice max untill i hit reply... the this be a screwy way to get some poor implementation of gethostbyname() (windows?) to interpret as an ip address? i vaguely recall an ie flaw a few years back doing something similar to disguise urls.. but i think they were removing dots like this: http://19216818/pornsite.html dont remember -phar On Thu, 2005-12-29 at 00:33 -0800, mis@seiden.com wrote:this has been going on for weeks. i believe they're all open proxies or spambots. (some of us use this as an oracle for open proxies.) On Wed, Dec 28, 2005 at 04:39:14PM -0500, max wrote:Hello all, I find this inmy logs throughout the day today: Dec 28 16:35:52 finn postfix/smtpd[13320]: NOQUEUE: reject: RCPT from pcp0012209034pcs.blairblvd.tn.nash.comcast.net[69.245.57.210]: 501 <-1217882552>: Helo command rejected: Invalid name; from=<shuu@grandlakeindexing.com> to=<dylanfans-unsubscribe@dylanirvana.com> proto=SMTP helo=<-1217882552> Notice that helo section is a negative number (which is why my postfix rejects the message) There are about 5 messages a minute at its peak, and this has been going on most of the day today (EST time zone) Some of the connecting IP's are listed in various black lists, such as OPM. Has anyone noticed this as well? Is this a virus or just some new spam tool? Some more rejected messages below: Dec 28 16:37:50 finn postfix/smtpd[34627]: NOQUEUE: reject: RCPT from cpe-66-75-65-130.socal.res.rr.com[66.75.65.130]: 501 <-1218008120>: Helo command rejected: Invalid name; from=<Laudat@gma-consulting-fr.com> to=<dylanfans-unsubscribe@dylanirvana.com> proto=SMTP helo=<-1218008120> Dec 28 16:37:54 finn postfix/smtpd[13320]: NOQUEUE: reject: RCPT from unknown[219.130.49.89]: 554 Service unavailable; Client host [219.130.49.89] blocked using opm.blitzed.org; Open proxy - see http://opm.blitzed.org/219.130.49.89; from=<burkel@greenacresmortgage.com> to=<max@neuropunks.org> proto=SMTP helo=<-1209697480> Dec 28 16:38:10 finn postfix/smtpd[34627]: NOQUEUE: reject: RCPT from 194-144-9-218.du.xdsl.is[194.144.9.218]: 501 <-1209697480>: Helo command rejected: Invalid name; from=<brenno@grandslamtennistours.com> to=<max@neuropunks.org> proto=SMTP helo=<-1209697480> Thanks, Max
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