Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2002 21:25:45 +0200 From: "Chris Knipe" <savage@savage.za.org> To: "Klaus Steden" <klaus@compt.com>, <freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Weird messages reported by kernel ... Message-ID: <018901c22dc7$c02f43a0$fe01a8c0@genocide> References: <20020711170957.U318-100000@gabba.so.cpt1.za.uu.net> <20020711153708.GF25321@straylight.oblivion.bg> <20020717151429.J48097@cthulu.compt.com>
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It looks like it's trying to send HTML code to your mail server... Nothing to serious... Just a seriously disturbed individual... But I don't think any harm can come from it... Regards, Chris Knipe Cell: (072) 434-7582 MegaLAN Corporate Networking Services ----- Original Message ----- From: "Klaus Steden" <klaus@compt.com> To: <freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Wednesday, July 17, 2002 9:14 PM Subject: Weird messages reported by kernel ... > Hi there, > > I've noticed a couple of messages show up in my daily reports from our DMZ > mail server that I can't explain, and I'm wondering if they indicate some > attempted exploit. Specifically ... > > Jul 16 18:52:36 cthulu sendmail[1067]: g6GMqah01067: SYSERR: putoutmsg (CPE014140013297.cpe.net.cable.rogers.com): error on output channel sending "500 5.5.1 Command unrecognized: "Content-Type: text/html;"": Broken pipe > Jul 16 21:56:21 cthulu sendmail[3984]: g6H1uLh03984: SYSERR: putoutmsg (adsl-66-124-102-179.dsl.mtry01.pacbell.net): error on output channel sending "500 5.5.1 Command unrecognized: "Content-Type: text/html;"": Broken pipe > > Anyone seen this before? Anyone have an inkling as to what it is, besides > someone not understanding SMTP? > > cheers, > Klaus > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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