[wplug] Any Suggestion for DSL Service for Linux?

[jmh3 at linuxfreak.com]

> John,
> 
> If they used my machine to relay mail, does that mean they've broken into the
> system?
no. it is my understanging that  by default sendmail will recieve email
to be sent from anyone. it is up to the admin to configure it so it only
accepts it from certain hosts. this is based on my expirences with linux
distros like redhat. configuring sendmail is _not_ a trivial task to say
the least.

the profs here with sgi boxes get hacked pretty frequently. i suggested
that you sign up to the list so that you would be notified of any security
advisories. i'm not trying to make you paranoid, but sgi's are less
common than linux machines. because of this you are not likely to hear
about issues concerning security on irix in a public forum like the  wplug
list.

> 
> Rick Bilonick
> 
> jmh3 at linuxfreak.com wrote:
> 
> > On Mon, 15 Jan 2001, Richard A. Bilonick wrote:
> >
> > > I've had @Home for 2 or 3 years now and had beenr reasonably happy. That is,
> > > until I received an e-mail from them accusing me of running a mail server and
> > > sending span. They said someone complained that I was sending them spam. I sent
> > > them an e-mail asking who made this claim. So far I've haven't heard back from
> > > them (it's been over 1 week). As far as I can tell, I don't have a mail server
> > > running on my computer and I know I'm not spamming anyone.
> >
> > if you are running sendmail, it is possible for your computer to be used
> > as a mail relay. this would enable people to send spam from your computer,
> > and it would appear that the spam was coming from you. a simple port scan
> > of your subnet would tell a would be spammer which ip's had mail
> > servers. by default redhat/mandrake come with sendmail turned on. you
> > could SAINT to scan your computer and tell you what services are running.
> >
> > john
> >
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