Re: Postfix article in Free Software Magazine

From: Victor Duchovni (no email)
Date: Fri Mar 04 2005 - 10:55:46 EST

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    On Thu, Mar 03, 2005 at 09:18:06PM -0600, Kirk Strauser wrote:

    > On Thursday 03 March 2005 05:52 pm, Rob Chanter wrote:
    >
    > > Not bad. One thing did jump out at me. In this example:
    > >
    > > woozle.honeypot.net OK
    > > honeypot.net REJECT You are not me. Shoo!
    > > 208.162.254.122 REJECT You are not me. Shoo!
    > >
    > > you missed the opportunity to explain DUNNO in access maps, and give an
    > > example that is an open relay to any host identifying itself as woozle.
    >
    > My understanding is that the check_helo_access can basically only
    > *reject* and not allow (that is, OK would work like DUNNO later).
    > Is that incorrect?

    The smtpd_helo_restrictions are not final, they are followed by
    smtpd_sender_restrictions and smtpd_recipient_restrictions. So
    a "check_helo_access ..." used in ***smtpd_helo_restrictions***
    can safely return OK (really meaning OK, not DUNNO), but this
    only short-circuits the helo checks, and one still relies on
    smtpd_recipient_restrictions to avoid open-relay problems.

    If an unsafe "check_helo_access" is used too early in the
    recipient restrictions, you are toast.

    -- 
    	Viktor.
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