Security Pipeline | News | Survey Finds Linux Hacks Rare

[Jim Cornette]

Jeff Vian wrote:
> On Thu, 2004-07-29 at 19:26, Price Technology wrote:
> 
>><URL: http://www.securitypipeline.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleId=26100437  
>>
>>But then, isn't that one of the reasons we use it in the first place ??
>>
>>Joebewan
>>
> 
> 
> Exactly so!!!
> 
> Although I have had one system hacked, it was my own stupidity.
> Directly connected to the internet with no firewall running and lots of
> services open for attack.
> 
> I learned and have not been touched (knock on wood) for over 7 years
> now.
> 
> 
>>PS.  If I get negative feedback from this post, I promise I won't do it  
>>again.

Anyone familiar with an exploit where someone uses postgresql and sends 
root's emails to an alias address.

I've seen this on a machine on a heavily congested LAN, not my own 
computers but a test machine.

If not, what type of exploits can be done with these tools? Mailman 
references were also noticed. Is this a spammers trick?


Jim

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