From owner-freebsd-security Mon Sep 14 10:43:00 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id KAA11512 for freebsd-security-outgoing; Mon, 14 Sep 1998 10:43:00 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from drwho.xnet.com (drwho.xnet.com [205.243.140.183]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id KAA11503 for ; Mon, 14 Sep 1998 10:42:56 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from drwho@drwho.xnet.com) Received: (from drwho@localhost) by drwho.xnet.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) id MAA05043; Mon, 14 Sep 1998 12:42:39 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from drwho) Message-ID: <19980914124239.A5031@drwho.xnet.com> Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1998 12:42:39 -0500 From: Michael Maxwell To: freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: innd 1.7.2 issues... Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG References: <19980914081048.A27142@drwho.xnet.com> <199809141527.LAA26468@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.91i In-Reply-To: <199809141527.LAA26468@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>; from Garrett Wollman on Mon, Sep 14, 1998 at 11:27:30AM -0400 X-Useless-Header: http://www.xnet.com/~drwho/ Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Mon, Sep 14, 1998 at 11:27:30AM -0400, Garrett Wollman wrote: > < 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