Using http as mail spam engine
John Summerfield
debian at herakles.homelinux.org
Mon Nov 5 22:23:13 UTC 2007
Ashley M. Kirchner wrote:
>
> I noticed these entries in my apache log today:
>
> 60.250.66.175 - - [01/Nov/2007:04:41:01 -0600] "CONNECT
> 218.32.192.11:25 HTTP/1.0" 200 12439 "-" "-"
> 60.250.66.175 - - [01/Nov/2007:04:41:04 -0600] "CONNECT
> 61.31.198.50:25 HTTP/1.0" 200 12439 "-" "-"
> 60.250.66.175 - - [01/Nov/2007:04:43:28 -0600] "CONNECT
> 60.249.125.71:25 HTTP/1.0" 200 12439 "-" "-"
> 159.148.97.91 - - [02/Nov/2007:22:01:40 -0600] "CONNECT
> 195.175.37.70:8080 HTTP/1.0" 200 14301 "-" "-"
> 159.148.97.91 - - [02/Nov/2007:22:01:41 -0600] "CONNECT
> 159.148.96.222:80 HTTP/1.0" 200 14301 "-" "-"
>
> And while the first two are specifically targeting port 25, the other
> two aren't But more importantly, how is this being done, and how do I
> stop it? Did I forgot to disable something within Apache somewhere?
>
I don't like those "200" responses you're giving out.
I suggest you have a close look at your limit (and limitexcept) clauses,
and read the relevant docs at www.apache.org.
I don't know how to do CONNECT connexions except for https, but I gather
it's a generic tunneling mechanism, and for sure I don't know
everything, esp about this, but I'd be every bit as suspicious about
that as you are.
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Cheers
John
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