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Date:	Wed, 16 Jun 2004 21:41:11 PDT7
From:	Peter Skye <pskye@peterskye.com >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-general@scoug.com, scoug-help@scoug.com, scoug-programming@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: How to block current virus message source on these lists

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A second virus has come through the SCOUG mail server. This
one originated at the same ISP as the one last week and
apparently got through in the same way, to wit by spoofing
the "From:" header line so that the message appears to be
from a valid sender. (We don't have virus filtering on the
SCOUG mail server.)

Since the same ISP originated both messages, you may want to
filter this specific ISP out of your incoming email with an
ISP-specific filter. One such filter would be to check
each message's header "Received:" lines for the ISP's
identification string which is "prod-infinitum.com.mx".

For techies . . .

Following are the comparative message header lines for the
9Jun and 16Jun virus messages:

Received: from scoug.com (dup-200-95-122-102.prod-infinitum.com.mx
[200.95.122.102] )
Received: from scoug.com (dsl-201-128-236-146.prod-infinitum.com.mx
[201.128.236.146] )

Verifying the originating ISP's IP address . . .

[G:\]nslookup 200.95.122.102
Server: vnsc-pri.sys.gtei.net
Address: 4.2.2.1
Name: dup-200-95-122-102.prod-infinitum.com.mx
Address: 200.95.122.102

[G:\]nslookup 201.128.236.146
Server: vnsc-pri.sys.gtei.net
Address: 4.2.2.1
Name: dsl-201-128-236-146.prod-infinitum.com.mx
Address: 201.128.236.146

- Peter

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