Date: Thu, 18 Nov 1999 10:19:59 -0500 (EST) From: zoonie <zoonie@zilch.org> To: "Mr. K." <bsd@a.servers.aozilla.com> Cc: freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: localhost.org Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9911181019080.1497-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.991118101159.958A-100000@inbox.org>
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according to the whois database it was just registered a few days ago.. On Thu, 18 Nov 1999, Mr. K. wrote: > this is really bad... today when i got to my computer i noticed that > mysql was broken. the message was "Can't connect to MySQL server on > localhost". so after half an hour of debugging (and rebooting my server > :(, bye uptime), I did a telnet localhost 3306 (the mysql port). lo and > behold, I notice: > > # telnet localhost 3306 > Trying 208.211.134.100... > telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: Connection refused > # nslookup localhost > Server: inbox.org > Address: 0.0.0.0 > > Non-authoritative answer: > Name: localhost.org > Address: 208.211.134.100 > > ouch. time to reset all my passwords, as this bozo could have stolen them > all. I don't know why this just started happening, unless the bozo just > registered the domain name, which is why I'm sending along this warning to > everyone on here. > > > > 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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