Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1999 06:46:20 +1100 (EST) From: Jim Mock <jim@corp.au.triax.com> To: Jai Durgam <jai@ipaje.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Sendmail Security - URGENT Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9901050643340.715-100000@corp.au.triax.com> In-Reply-To: <3691171D.68EC4E15@lan.nsc.com>
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On Mon, 4 Jan 1999, Jai Durgam wrote: > Hi, a friend has an server that is his web server and the > internet sendmail server (uses freebsd). Over the past few weeks, > there are a number of sendmail processes that are running and owned > by spammers from aol, popsite.net and other sites. > > How do we turn it off? Please reply ASAP to jai@ipaje.com or > sudhax@ragalaya.com > What version of sendmail is it? It sounds like it's got an open relay. Your (his) best bet is to upgrade sendmail to the latest version (8.9.2 was released Dec 31st). The new versions deny relay by default. You can get the source from ftp.sendmail.org/pub/sendmail/ and more info from http://www.sendmail.org/ -- : Jim Mock | [jim@corp.au.triax.com] : : System Administrator | http://www.triax.com/ : : Triax Internet Services | ----------------------------- : : Portland, OR USA | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve : : Wagga Wagga, NSW Australia | http://www.freebsd.org/ : To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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