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Alberto Bertogli
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Today, if Accept returns an error, we exit the daemon. Unfortunately this is not that difficult to trigger: a remote client can open a large number of connections to reach the limit of file descriptors. This patch makes the server retry instead, with an exponential backoff (up to 1s). This is a compromise to improve handling of such scenarios without introducing a lot of complexity. The problem can still be triggered but this change makes the daemon more resilient to it (and it will be improved further in follow-up patches). Users who have to be very defensive can deploy OS-level safeguards (such as firewall rules to limit number of connections, etc.) which are more effective and tunable. Thanks to John JEAN <john@wargan.com> for finding and reporting this problem. The detailed report can be found in https://johnjean.io/advisories/chasquid-unauthenticated-remote-dos/.
chasquid
chasquid is an SMTP (email) server with a focus on simplicity, security, and ease of operation.
It is designed mainly for individuals and small groups.
It's written in Go, and distributed under the Apache license 2.0.
Features
- Easy
- Easy to configure.
- Hard to mis-configure in ways that are harmful or insecure (e.g. no open relay, or clear-text authentication).
- Monitoring HTTP server, with exported variables and tracing to help debugging.
- Integrated with Debian, Ubuntu, Arch, and Alpine.
- Supports using Dovecot for authentication.
- Useful
- Secure
- Tracking of per-domain TLS support, prevents connection downgrading.
- Multiple TLS certificates.
- Easy integration with Let's Encrypt.
- SPF and MTA-STS checking.
- DKIM support (signing and verification).
Documentation
The how-to guide and the installation guide are the best starting points on how to install, configure and run chasquid.
You will find all documentation here.
Contact
If you have any questions, comments or patches, please send them to the mailing
list,
chasquid@googlegroups.com.
To subscribe, send an email to chasquid+subscribe@googlegroups.com.
Security issues can be reported privately to albertito@blitiri.com.ar.
Bug reports and pull requests on GitHub are also welcome.
You can also reach out via IRC, #chasquid on OFTC.