SORBS

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SORBS Presenter Matthew Sullivan Email
matthew_at_uq.edu.au
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SORBS

• What is SORBS?
• How does SORBS work?
• What is the SORBS DNSbl?
• Why is the SORBS DNSbl needed?
• What does the SORBS DNSbl do?
• Who owns SORBS?

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SORBS
What is SORBS...?
Simply, SORBS is the Spam and Open Relay
Blocking System
So what is it?
How does it work?
Who can use it?
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SORBS
What is the SORBS DNSbl?
How does the SORBS DNSbl work? How can you use
the SORBS DNSbl? How can you use SORBS?
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SORBS
Open Proxy Servers
How are they abused..? Why are they a real
problem..?
http//www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/150227
http//www.dnsbl.sorbs.net/proxy.html
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SORBS
Open Relay Servers
How are they abused..? Microsoft Exchange, how
can it be secured..? Other Servers.
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SORBS
Virii, Trojans
JEEM SoBig.A through SoBig.E (14th July)
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Graphs and Stats from UQ
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SORBS Presenter Matthew Sullivan Email
matthew_at_uq.edu.au