Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1998 12:42:39 -0500 From: Michael Maxwell <drwho@xnet.com> To: freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: innd 1.7.2 issues... Message-ID: <19980914124239.A5031@drwho.xnet.com> In-Reply-To: <199809141527.LAA26468@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>; from Garrett Wollman on Mon, Sep 14, 1998 at 11:27:30AM -0400 References: <19980914081048.A27142@drwho.xnet.com> <199809141527.LAA26468@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>
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On Mon, Sep 14, 1998 at 11:27:30AM -0400, Garrett Wollman wrote: > <<On Mon, 14 Sep 1998 08:10:48 -0500, Michael Maxwell <drwho@xnet.com> 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. > Ok, this would make sense as I recognized one of the connections being from a known spam domain (club-internet.fr) whom I've dealt with regarding their spamming in the past. I just found it interesting that this has only just started to occur. -- drwho @ xnet.com -- http://www.xnet.com/~drwho/ "Freedom of government is good, but freedom FROM government is better." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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