On Mon, Mar 03, 2008 at 06:24:51PM +0200, Dotan Cohen wrote: > On 03/03/2008, David Fox <dfox94085@gmail.com> wrote: > > True enough. The one time that happened to me I had installed some > > extra apache packages that were vulnerable, so some spammer basically > > was able to hijack my box, and send stock and other spams out. I was > > able to get it stopped but the cleanup (which included getting my ip > > unbanned from various RBLs) was nightmarish. I don't bother doing any > > web services here, so I don't install the stuff for that. anymore. > > You managed to get off those lists? Wow. I've never been on one, but > there was a thread on the php list once and it looked like once you > are on, you don't get back off. Apropos to this... I made a mistake in my exim configuration the other day and left an open relay for about 4 or 5 days. I haven't looked at the total damage yet, but had to purge about 10,000 frozen ones from my queue. THat's just the frozen ones... yikes. I hang my head in shame. So I'll be reporting back on how the dns blacklisting works... hopefully I won't make it on as it was only open for a few days... > > Actually, if it's a pain in the ass but possible, then I'm all for > every zombie getting blacklisted. Let all the AOL don't-update-windows > click-on-everything idiots be banned from emailing me. Let them then > work hard to get off the blacklist so they understand that like > driving a car, using a computer entails responsibility. turns out it's not just zombie AOLers... :( but linux admins working too late at night too... :( A
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