Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1998 14:55:30 -0500 From: "Dennis Reiter" <mcneills@accessus.net> To: <chat@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: QPopper exploit Message-ID: <000801bdb998$828c9220$0200a8c0@Dell>
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In case anyone thinks that the QPopper exploit won't affect them, because they only use a dial-up line and have a Dynamic IP, three times in the past week someone from a dial-up line in Minnesota (ppp64.wimpy.msp.mn.state.net) has attempted to break into my home box. I have Fetchmail setup to dial-in and retrieve mail every other hour between 6am & 10pm, and also use my workstation as a gateway, so I have one of about 100 different IP addresses each time I call in. I don't know why they failed the first time (I hadn't upgraded -- who in the world would want to hack _ME_? <:-|) but I caught a strange line of ^P's in my syslog. I upgraded immediately after changing my shorts and they've tried twice more, once while I was sitting at the console doing a 'make world.' So in case anyone thinks they aren't vulnerable, especially after reading what happened to Brett, think again. Just because the chance of it happening is small, doesn't mean it won't. Regards, Denny Reiter denny@kewanee.net ------------------------------------------ FreeBSD: Turning PC's into workstations. See http://www.FreeBSD.ORG/ for info To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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