Blocking telnet to SMTP port
Ed Wilts
ewilts at ewilts.org
Fri Feb 27 12:00:00 UTC 2004
On Fri, Feb 27, 2004 at 10:13:20AM -0500, Adam Gilstrap wrote:
> I have seen some domains that prevent telnet access to port 25. How can
> I implement this through iptables?
You can't. If you block telnet access, then you're blocking all SMTP
traffic to that host. The server has no way of telling that you're
using a telnet client instead of an MTA.
If you don't want to receive e-mail on that server, just shut
sendmail/postfix off.
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Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA
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