Debian attack on Mac OS X?
I was suggested to contact this address by someone at
security@debian.org. Can any one please help with this problem:
Recently when I try to use 1.2.3 (v125.9) or Internet Explorer 5.2 on
Mac OS X 10.3.5 I cannot access *any* web sites correctly. I either get
"Not Found. The requested URL /search was not found on this server.
Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use
an ErrorDocument to handle the request. Apache/1.3.29 Server at
www.cerne.no-ip.org Port 80"
or else I get the following page appearing even though the address is,
for example, http://www.google.com (ie. the address bar shows as I typed it)
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"Welcome to Your New Home in Cyberspace!
This is a placeholder page installed by the Debian release of the Apache
Web server package, because no home page was installed on this host. You
may want to replace this as soon as possible with your own web pages, of
course....
This computer has installed the Debian GNU/Linux operating system but
has nothing to do with the Debian GNU/Linux project. If you want to
report something about this host's behavior or domain, please contact
the ISPs involved directly, not the Debian Project.
See the Network Abuse Clearinghouse for how to do this.
Unless you changed its configuration, your new server is configured as
follows:
? Configuration files can be found in /etc/apache.
? The DocumentRoot, which is the directory under which all your HTML
files should exist, is set to /var/www.
? CGI scripts are looked for in /usr/lib/cgi-bin, which is where
Debian packages will place their scripts.
? Log files are placed in /var/log/apache, and will be rotated daily.
The frequency of rotation can be easily changed by editing
/etc/apache/cron.conf.
? The default directory index is index.html, meaning that requests for
a directory /foo/bar/ will give the contents of the file
/var/www/foo/bar/index.html if it exists (assuming that /var/www is your
DocumentRoot).
? User directories are enabled, and user documents will be looked for
in the public_html directory of the users' homes. These dirs should be
under /home, and users will not be able to symlink to files they don't own.
All standard Apache modules are available with this release and can be
chosen with the apacheconfig script. Installing a new module on your
system is just a matter of compiling it (with the apache-dev package)
and adding a line to your httpd.conf configuration file.
More documentation on Apache can be found on:
? The Apache documentation stored on your server.
? The Apache Project home site.
? The ApacheWeek newsletter.
? The Debian Project Documentation which contains HOWTOs, FAQs, and
software updates.
You can also consult the list of World Wide Web Frequently Asked
Questions for information.
If you find a bug in this Apache package, or in Apache itself, please
file a bug report on it. Instructions on doing this, and the list of
known bugs of this package, can be found in the Debian Bug Tracking System.
Thanks for using this package, and congratulations for your choice of a
Debian system!"
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This happens for every site I try to enter, including Debian's.
I can still access the internet via Netscape 7.1 for some reason.
However my Software Update no longer works.
I read that there was an attack on Debian and Linux, but that was in
November last year. I don't understand what this has to do with Mac OS X
and why it is happening on two browsers and not on Netscape.
I have not installed any version of Linux on my 15" Powerbook. Can you
please shine any light on this attack? Is this redirection produced by
Debian? If so why? Apple cannot help me with this problem, I hope that
you can.
Thank you in advance for your prompt response.
Peter C
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