8 Jun
2004
8 Jun
'04
4:54 p.m.
On Tue, 08 Jun 2004 11:24:49 PDT, Gregory Hicks said:
Isn't this called a "dictionary" attack?
Well... if you want to get technical, it's a subclass of dictionary attack - the only question being how the dictionary is created.
The specific term you are looking for, I believe is "Directory Harvest Attack." We've seen quite a few directed at our mailservers. Some highly sophisticated, some not. --chuck