Topic: Spamassassin & the Botnet plugin for sme8

[calisun]

While searching the forums here I found a discussion about Spamassassin & the Botnet plugin for SME7 http://forums.contribs.org/index.php?topic=39458.0.
Link provided in that discussion is dead.
I looked at the contribitions page, but I can't find any mention of that plugin.

Does anybody know if this plugin still exists, where can it be found and can it be used on sme8 ?

 

[calisun]

Nobody knows??

[CharlieBrady]

Google found me a copy of Botnet.tar at:

http://mail.cnc.bc.ca/users/gagel/Botnet.tar

via:

http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/spamassassin-users/200705.mbox/%3C46448740.3e1.1448.30820@cnc.bc.ca%3E

[calisun]

when going to the link, I get a message:
"The file you requested does not exist."

strange that this is not being actively developed since botnets are bigger threat than they have ever been.

[janet]

calisun

strange that this is not being actively developed since botnets are bigger threat than they have ever been.

The link Charlie posted said the package would only be on that site for 7 days and that was said some years ago now.
I have looked on the net for this package/rpm/tar file but cannot quickly find it.
It seems to be a dead project.
This bug report seems to be one of the more recent mentions
http://bugs.contribs.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3347
but the rpm is not there either.

That bug report says "Basically by default it will add 5 spamassassin points to an email it thinks came directly from a dynamic IP address (IE, a box that should not be running a mail server)"

so I wonder if enabling & using appropriate RBL lists will provide the same & better functionality.
Maybe RBL's have superseded (the need for) botnet ?

[CharlieBrady]

The link Charlie posted said the package would only be on that site for 7 days and that was said some years ago now.

It did say that, but I was able to fetch it yesterday.

I've put a copy at:

http://charliebrady.org/Botnet.tar

I expect that Shad should have source code for the smeserver-botnet contrib in CVS somewhere.

[newburns]

http://charliebrady.org/Botnet.tar

Your web page needs some work. You should think about WordPress. It is a very easy, intuitive CMS.
You are a very important part of SME, and you should have a web page that reflects that.

[janet]

Hey Charlie

Your web page needs some work. You should think about WordPress. It is a very easy, intuitive CMS.

Look out Charlie, newburns is after you. I think that's quite funny.

newburns probably does not realise that Charlie has a dislike of popular "apps", usually for quite sound technical reasons.
I can imagine Charlie saying, "Why would I install that as it might corrupt my server".

Probably also newburns does not realise that Charlies sme server has been running now for over 12 years with ZERO downtime (Charlie knows how to do those sort of things but cannot use Wordpress as it's too complicated for him).

It would be a world record I'm sure.
Installing apps would ruin that !

(I don't use those emoticon thingies, so "SMILE" please everyone).

[CharlieBrady]

Your web page needs some work.

Fixed.

You should think about WordPress.

ROFL! Google for "Wordpress security advisory". Google also for "a fractal of bad design".

[CharlieBrady]

Probably also newburns does not realise that Charlies sme server has been running now for over 12 years with ZERO downtime
...
It would be a world record I'm sure.

Definitely not true

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northeast_blackout_of_2003

[Stefano]

doh, strange enough, one month later we (in italy) suffer a country wide blackout.. a great year, 2003

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003_Italy_blackout

[guest22]

(I don't use those emoticon thingies, so "SMILE" please everyone).

SMILE!

[bosco555]

Hi Charlie and Happy New Year...Tried to download the Botnet.tar file from your site, but when trying to uncompress it:

tar: This does not look like a tar archive
tar: Skipping to next header
tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors

Testing the tarball:
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now

Ta
bosco

[CharlieBrady]

Tried to download the Botnet.tar file from your site, but when trying to uncompress it:

You're right, it's not a tarfile, just an html error message.

You might be able to get a copy from here:

http://www.gegereka.com/?&tg=botnet&query=botnet

[bosco555]

Ta Charlie...got it
bosco