SMTP SECURITY: A new (?) idea

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From: Kostas Anagnostakis
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1992 12:14

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Hello security freaks,

  I had an idea I would like to share with you. Why not implement SMTP
  allowing only connections from PRIVILEGED ports. As far as I have gone
  into the matter, this would be a solution because a normal user is
  not able to use a socket port < 1000 so his attempt to connect to
  a SMTP server will fail.
 
  If someone wishes to start working on the idea, I would like to help.
 
  Best regards,
  Kostas Anagnostakis

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