Re: localhost forged



In article <1140959133.739433.81600@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
"larsk" <larskman@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Right, that what i was thinking an hour ago too. That I would not have
this issue if I redesign the network with 2 mail servers. One for
incoming mail and one for outgoing. On the incoming I can block
loopback so that what no one can generate local mail via telnet to 25.
and outgoing will not allow incoming connections from the internet.

But I don't think the problem relates to why the web server is able to
send mail. I think the problem is that someone/script kiddies telnet to
my box on 25 and sent mail locally which this will explain why i see
the relay as 127.0.0.1.

No, that wouldn't show up as coming from 127.0.0.1, but from wherever
they are coming from.

Someone has cracked your machine for use as a spam sender. For web
servers, the most common paths for this are sloppy CGI scripts (e.g.
Matt Wright's formmail) and poorly-maintained and poorly-written PHP
applications.

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Now where did I hide that website...
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