From owner-freebsd-security Mon Sep 14 08:28:27 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id IAA19295 for freebsd-security-outgoing; Mon, 14 Sep 1998 08:28:27 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu (khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu [18.24.4.193]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id IAA19271 for ; Mon, 14 Sep 1998 08:28:09 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu) Received: (from wollman@localhost) by khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu (8.9.1/8.9.1) id LAA26468; Mon, 14 Sep 1998 11:27:30 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from wollman) Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1998 11:27:30 -0400 (EDT) From: Garrett Wollman Message-Id: <199809141527.LAA26468@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> To: Michael Maxwell Cc: freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: innd 1.7.2 issues... In-Reply-To: <19980914081048.A27142@drwho.xnet.com> References: <19980914081048.A27142@drwho.xnet.com> Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org < said: > I noticed that I have been getting several refused connections to my nnrpd > port -- naturally I disallow all connections outside my local site, so the > logs show the connection as "no permission". There are many spammers out there who scan the Path: headers in received news looking for poorly-configured news servers which might allow open posting so they can inject their tripe. -GAWollman -- Garrett A. Wollman | O Siem / We are all family / O Siem / We're all the same wollman@lcs.mit.edu | O Siem / The fires of freedom Opinions not those of| Dance in the burning flame MIT, LCS, CRS, or NSA| - Susan Aglukark and Chad Irschick To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message