Tag: Tools
Deep header inspection: use with caution
Some anti-spam tools will actually look at the reputation of IP addresses in each of the received headers of an email. Reputation mechanisms usually involve multiple sources, e.g., DNSBLs and Honeypot-driven reputation services. (Apr 19, 2010)
Spamhaus releases a new spam-fighting tool
Spamhaus publicly released its new Domain Block List (DBL)1earlier this week, after beta testing it for much of last year. They claim they have had “exceptionally positive” results from the testing, and the premise is really quite interesting. (Mar 03, 2010)
Cool Tool: WinSCP
I just wanted to share with you a very useful tool that’s been around for a while now, and it helped me solve a problem on a customer’s machine. To properly investigate, I had to extract several logs from the customer’s server on a scheduled basis and have them FTP'd here so that I could keep tabs on the server's behavior. (Feb 26, 2010)
