From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jan 5 06:40:13 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id GAA21170 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Tue, 5 Jan 1999 06:40:13 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from caladan.tdx.co.uk (caladan.tdx.co.uk [195.188.177.4]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id GAA21161 for ; Tue, 5 Jan 1999 06:40:11 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from kpielorz@tdx.co.uk) Received: from tdx.co.uk (lorca-tx.tdx.co.uk [195.188.177.242]) by caladan.tdx.co.uk (8.9.2/8.9.2) with ESMTP id OAA65369; Tue, 5 Jan 1999 14:38:46 GMT Message-ID: <369223D0.F2B9175D@tdx.co.uk> Date: Tue, 05 Jan 1999 14:38:08 +0000 From: Karl Pielorz Organization: TDX - The Digital eXchange X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5 [en] (WinNT; I) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: FreeBSD Questions CC: Jim Mock , Mike Alich , "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" Subject: Re: HACKED & SECURITY References: <199901051431.IAA27782@mail.netsys.hn> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG FreeBSD Questions wrote: > How can I be sure this guy still not in getting our passwds? > We had a hack with a sniffer so we upgraded to qpopper 2.53, still risks? > > Thanks If someone hacked your system using a sniffer (presumably to sniff out POP3 passwords, which may be attached to shell accounts on that system) your not going to stop them by upgrading your POP3 server... :-( I always try to have shell accounts via SSH, and POP3 accounts with different usernames / passwords to the shell accounts (i.e. me = paranoid) -Kp To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message