Date: Mon, 19 May 2003 13:18:42 -0500 From: "Joseph T. Klein" <jtk@titania.net> To: "Tony Saign" <tony@saign.com> Cc: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Illegal use of my server?? Message-ID: <523443F2-8A26-11D7-A0BC-003065BA9B36@titania.net> In-Reply-To: <000201c31e31$dc54c680$6ad2f10a@frankenmobl>
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The Squid package and port should have a *big* warning sign on them about this. I know of at least one network that was blacklisted due to the lack of tight ACLs on Squid. On Monday, May 19, 2003, at 01:09 PM, Tony Saign wrote: > Any legal gurus out there?? > > Long story, but I'll summarize; > > On Friday 05/16 my T1 went down. > In troubleshooting attempts it was discovered that a machine, on my > network was being used maliciously. > Not hacked, but Squid was being used to relay mail (i.e. SPAM). > The machine was immediately brought down, and Squid was disabled. > > I received a call from my ISP, and they are NOT happy. > Looking @ the logs, it appears that several thousand SPAM emails may > have been sent. > > What should I do? Can I pursue each ISP in attempts to track down the > guilty parties? > Can I take any legal action against them? > This is the last straw! I'm so frickin' sick of SPAM, and now people > potentially got some w/ my IP address! > Grrr!!! > > Any suggestions, advice would be greatly appreciated. > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-isp@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-isp > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-isp-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > -- Joseph T. Klein <This space available. Ask for my resume.> PSTN: +1 415 462 1534 Mobile: +1 414 628 3380
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