Question about hosts_access(5)

Ed Greshko Ed.Greshko at greshko.com
Fri Feb 23 00:16:31 UTC 2007


Rick Stevens wrote:

> I have.  It's a nightmare, but unfortunately many Asian ISPs use it to
> spam.  Makes your iptables and firewall rules rather nasty.

You should not be using iptables or firewall rules to fight spam.  That is a 
losing battle.

Also, you should not make ridiculous statements such as "Asian ISPs use 
(non-contiguous masks) to spam".

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