Eric, It is possible to send multiple emails with one "connect / disconnect" session even to different recipients and from different "MAIL FROM" addresses. Only the original connect and the final quit will be logged. Two ways to minimize the spoofing problem: 1. Enforce reverse DNS lookups on the connecting IP address. 2. RBL subscriptions, for what those are worth. Another option (not necessarily recommended) is to force the "from" domain to match the reverse lookup completed on the connecting IP address. This will break many email attempts from legitimate sources because the SMTP servers don't necessarily belong to the sending domain (MX gateway services, for instances). Is that the question you are asking? HTH, Grant -----Original Message----- From: Eric Kahklen [mailto:eric@kahklen.com] Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 2004 11:08 AM To: suse-security@suse.com Subject: [suse-security] Email Spoofing We are using Suse 9.0 Professional. I am getting email that is claiming to be from my domain and the Posfix logs confirm it is from an outside IP. After searching the logs, I figured out where the connection initiated, and then the regular smtp traffic proceeded with the spoofed email address (user@mydomain.com) to my real users email address realusers@mydomain.com). The unique identifiers helped me correspond the traffic. There were two other email sessions that based on their unique identifier did not have the full smtp process. For example, this is all that is entered in the logs for the unique process. I usually see a connect and disconnect process before and after this and the random character user does not exisit! BTW, this is a mail gateway for Exchange. Any ideas?? Jul 20 11:54:59 gateway postfix/smtp[10247]: 649E6AD30: to=<user1@mydomain.com>, relay=10.0.0.5[10.0.0.5], delay=14, status=sent (250 2.6.0 <hxdgpusiesezuvbkmcc@mydomain.org> Queued mail for delivery) Jul 20 11:55:10 gateway postfix/smtp[10247]: 8BFB2AD43: to=<user2@mydomain.com>, relay=10.0.0.5[10.0.0.5], delay=25, status=sent (250 2.6.0 <oityeuiuogzvyivawrs@mydomain.com> Queued mail for delivery) Thanks, Eric -- ______________________________________________________________________ Eric Kahklen, MS 530 4th Ave. W. Seattle, WA -- Check the headers for your unsubscription address For additional commands, e-mail: suse-security-help@suse.com Security-related bug reports go to security@suse.de, not here This electronic message transmission is a PRIVATE communication which contains information which may be confidential or privileged. The information is intended to be for the use of the individual or entity named above. If you are not the intended recipient, please be aware that any disclosure, copying, distribution or use of the contents of this information is prohibited. Please notify the sender of the delivery error by replying to this message, or notify us by telephone (877-633-2436, ext. 0), and then delete it from your system.