Attacks on Email and Security Measures

Methods to send Fake Emails


            • Open Relay Server
            • Web Scripts


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Fake Email: Open Relay Server

            • An Open Mail Relay is an SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol)

               server configured in such a way that it allows anyone on the

               Internet to send Email through it, not just mail destined ‘To’ or

               ‘Originating’ from known users.

            • An Attacker can connect the Open Relay Server via Telnet and

               instruct the server to send the Email.

            • Open Relay Email Server requires no password to send the

              Email.

   2.Fake Email via Web Scripts
            • Web Programming languages such as PHP and ASP contain the
              mail sending functions which can be used to send Emails by
              programming Fake headers i.e.” From: To: Subject:”
           • There are so many websites available on the Internet which
              already contains these mail sending scripts. Most of them
              provide the free service.
          • Some of Free Anonymous Email Websites are:
                   o Mail.Anonymizer.name (Send attachments as well)
                   o FakEmailer.net
                   o FakEmailer.info
                   o Deadfake.com


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