Re: Internally generated spam - but from where?

Mac wrote:
> Ok, the plot thickens.
>
> I have found the script that is responsible for this *, it is having
> data posted to it so i cant see how they are actually breaking it but I
> have done the following.
>
> Protected the directory with a .htaccess file and added the IP of the
> culprit to my iptables firewall.
>
> So, i think i am protected from this spammer and i have prevented
> anyone else finding the file untill i can find a suitable replacement.
> (its instant web mail and a lot of my clients use it so i cant just
> delete it)
>
> So, i have a new problem. I now have a single httpd process owned by
> apache using up 99% of my CPU. How can i track down what is causing
> this single process to use up so much CPU? I am just downloading,
> installing and reading up on ethereal as Hristo kindly suggested. Will
> this allow me to filter all http connections to see what is coming in
> from where etc?
>
> Any suggestions to help me track down what this process is doing and
> who is causing it to do this?

It's OT but you could start by reading apache's log files (assuming you
have apache ).

Erich

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