you might want to look at smapd in fwtk.
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On Wed, 22 Jun 1994, Bob Snyder wrote:
> >We would like to know if there is a good way to determine is someone is
> >spoofing our mail gateway. Is there a "secure" smtpd or other software
> >available that will detect/reject connections from someone pretending to
> >be someone else?
>
> While sendmail 8 supports the ident protocol, you
>
> a) need to hope the remote site supports ident, and
>
> b) isn't providing bogus information.
>
> My Macintosh at home has an Ident daemon running on it. Of course, it
> returns anything I want it to.
>
> Generally, your mail transport software will put the IP name/address in the
> Received: headers, and you can trace those back, assuming the other sites
> keep logs.
>
> If you have a need for secure/nonspoofable email, you should probably
> handle this at the application level, using the variety of mail encryption
> programs that can both provide privacy and authentication of the sender,
> like RIPEM, PGP, or PEM (TIS/PEM).
>
> Bob
>
> --
> Bob Snyder N2KGO MIME, RIPEM mail accepted
> snyderra @
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ocs .
drexel .
edu finger for RIPEM public key
> When cryptography is outlawed, bayl bhgynjf jvyy unir cevinpl.
>
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