Re: Benign crackers?

2001-02-21 Thread Daniel Stark
You wouldn't actually imply that hackers are out their providing a welcome service do you? I can see if you asked for your network to be stress tested, but to go as far as saying they provide a welcome service? Come on! Yeah, they might have found a security whole, but oops, now the

RE: Anti Virus for Debian

2001-02-21 Thread Magus Ba'al
After ILOVEYOU first came out and AV vendors didn't have a fix for it, we had to figure out a way to quickly disable the virus. So I spent 5min finding the reg key and writing 2 scripts to make the default action Edit, instead of Open, and another in reverse, make the default action Open instead

how secure is mail and ftp and netscape/IE???

2001-02-21 Thread Steve Rudd
Hello! Steve here, Well I am one of the family now My server is Debian 2.2r2. A benign hacker got me. All he seemed to do was overwrite my root index.html page and notify the "hackers watchdog" group to take responsibility for the act! I have some security questions: 1. How secure is it

RE: Anti Virus for Debian

2001-02-21 Thread Daniel Stark
You're talking about removing viruses though. I'm talking about preventing them. Anybody can manually remove a virus from a Windows machine, it's really easy. I can even remove W95.MTX (The Matrix) virus in 5 minutes. I'm not sure of any network admin that wants to spend their time

Re[2]: how secure is mail and ftp and netscape/IE???

2001-02-21 Thread Gaute Gullesen
On Wednesday, February 21, 2001, 9:40:05 PM, Adam Spickler wrote: What about if you are going from a Windows box to a *nix box. Is there any way to do secure ftp transfers. Mail, for me is no problem. I ssh into my machines and use "Mutt" to deal with email. you could tunnel the ftp

Re: how secure is mail and ftp and netscape/IE???

2001-02-21 Thread Adam Spickler
What about if you are going from a Windows box to a *nix box. Is there any way to do secure ftp transfers. Mail, for me is no problem. I ssh into my machines and use "Mutt" to deal with email. ...adam On Wed, Feb 21, 2001 at 05:29:11PM -0300, Pedro Zorzenon Neto wrote: Hi Steve,

Antigen found =*.js file

2001-02-21 Thread ANTIGEN_REMUS
Antigen for Exchange found VBS scripts.zip-VBS reverse script stripped.js matching =*.js file filter. The file is currently Removed. The message, "Anti Virus for Debian", was sent from Magus Ba'al and was discovered in Bock Shannon E Contr AFRL/VSIO\Inbox located at Organization/KIRTLAND/REMUS.

Re: how secure is mail and ftp and netscape/IE???

2001-02-21 Thread Noah L. Meyerhans
On Wed, Feb 21, 2001 at 03:13:43PM -0500, Steve Rudd wrote: 1. How secure is it checking email with eudora pro, given they have not yet got ssh or any other system that is secure? Since outlook has ssh, is it worth switching for that? I use a separate user and password for mail and ftp.

Re: how secure is mail and ftp and netscape/IE???

2001-02-21 Thread Daniel Stark
Yes, you should be concerned. Now-a-days most people are using SSH for all communication. It's really the way to go for remote access. Take a look at openssh.com for some more information. Plus it's free, and we like free. ;) From: Steve Rudd [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Benign crackers?

2001-02-21 Thread Matthew Sherborne
Daniel Stark wrote: You wouldn't actually imply that hackers are out their providing a welcome service do you? I can see if you asked for your network to be stress tested, but to go as far as saying they provide a welcome service? Come on! Yeah, they might have found a security

Re: how secure is mail and ftp and netscape/IE???

2001-02-21 Thread Jacob Meuser
On Wed, Feb 21, 2001 at 10:09:47PM +0100, Gaute Gullesen wrote: On Wednesday, February 21, 2001, 9:40:05 PM, Adam Spickler wrote: What about if you are going from a Windows box to a *nix box. Is there any way to do secure ftp transfers. Mail, for me is no problem. I ssh into my machines

Antigen found =*.js file

2001-02-21 Thread ANTIGEN_REMUS
Antigen for Exchange found VBS scripts.zip-VBS script dialog.js matching =*.js file filter. The file is currently Removed. The message, "Anti Virus for Debian", was sent from Magus Ba'al and was discovered in Bock Shannon E Contr AFRL/VSIO\Inbox located at Organization/KIRTLAND/REMUS. -- To

Benign crackers?

2001-02-21 Thread A. L. Meyers
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- On Tue, 20 Feb 2001, Steve Rudd wrote: Daniel Stark asked: At 01:53 PM 2/20/01 -0800, you wrote: How exactly did you get hacked? Did you leave security wholes large enough for a bus to drive through open? Open your inetd.conf file and # out

Re: Anti Virus for Debian

2001-02-21 Thread Bradley M Alexander
On Tue, Feb 20, 2001 at 04:41:02PM +1300, Matthew Sherborne wrote: Are there any gpl or similar anti-virus programs for linux ? When you say anti-virus, could you specify what you are looking for? If you are looking to protect Linux boxes from virii, your most prudent approach is good system

Re: Anti Virus for Debian

2001-02-21 Thread Peter Becker
Bradley M Alexander wrote: On Tue, Feb 20, 2001 at 01:59:20PM +1000, Mario Zuppini wrote: I would also like to know of virus scanners especially for mail servers ie sendmail that will work on a SPARC ??? there are a few that work under i386 ie like amavris etc can be found on freshmeat.net

Re: Anti Virus for Debian

2001-02-21 Thread Markus . SEIDEL
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Re: Benign crackers?

2001-02-21 Thread Daniel Stark
You wouldn't actually imply that hackers are out their providing a welcome service do you? I can see if you asked for your network to be stress tested, but to go as far as saying they provide a welcome service? Come on! Yeah, they might have found a security whole, but oops, now the firewall

Re: Anti Virus for Debian

2001-02-21 Thread Daniel Stark
Speaking of Windows and *.vbs attacks. What you should really do is disable the scripting host on all of your Windows machines. For those of you who don't know, you can just rename wscript.exe jscript.exe and cscript.exe. There's a good chance you'll only have one of them. From: Bradley

Antigen found =*.js file

2001-02-21 Thread ANTIGEN_REMUS
Antigen for Exchange found VBS scripts.zip-VBS reverse script stripped.js matching =*.js file filter. The file is currently Removed. The message, Anti Virus for Debian, was sent from Magus Ba'al and was discovered in Bock Shannon E Contr AFRL/VSIO\Inbox located at Organization/KIRTLAND/REMUS.

Antigen found =*.js file

2001-02-21 Thread ANTIGEN_REMUS
Antigen for Exchange found VBS scripts.zip-VBS script stripped.js matching =*.js file filter. The file is currently Removed. The message, Anti Virus for Debian, was sent from Magus Ba'al and was discovered in Bock Shannon E Contr AFRL/VSIO\Inbox located at Organization/KIRTLAND/REMUS.

Re: Benign crackers?

2001-02-21 Thread Matthew Sherborne
Daniel Stark wrote: You wouldn't actually imply that hackers are out their providing a welcome service do you? I can see if you asked for your network to be stress tested, but to go as far as saying they provide a welcome service? Come on! Yeah, they might have found a security whole,

how secure is mail and ftp and netscape/IE???

2001-02-21 Thread Steve Rudd
Hello! Steve here, Well I am one of the family now! My server is Debian 2.2r2. A benign hacker got me. All he seemed to do was overwrite my root index.html page and notify the hackers watchdog group to take responsibility for the act! I have some security questions: 1. How secure is it

Re: how secure is mail and ftp and netscape/IE???

2001-02-21 Thread Noah L. Meyerhans
On Wed, Feb 21, 2001 at 03:13:43PM -0500, Steve Rudd wrote: 1. How secure is it checking email with eudora pro, given they have not yet got ssh or any other system that is secure? Since outlook has ssh, is it worth switching for that? I use a separate user and password for mail and ftp.

Re: how secure is mail and ftp and netscape/IE???

2001-02-21 Thread Pedro Zorzenon Neto
Hi Steve, About sending plain text password and files with telnet and ftp: uninstall your 'telnetd' and 'ftp server' and install 'ssh' ssh is real secure and has two usefull commands: 'ssh' is a substitute for telnet and 'scp' is not the same thing, but substitutes ftp with some

Re: how secure is mail and ftp and netscape/IE???

2001-02-21 Thread Daniel Stark
Yes, you should be concerned. Now-a-days most people are using SSH for all communication. It's really the way to go for remote access. Take a look at openssh.com for some more information. Plus it's free, and we like free. ;) From: Steve Rudd [EMAIL PROTECTED] To:

how secure is mail and ftp and netscape/IE???

2001-02-21 Thread Steve Rudd
Hello! Steve here, Well I am one of the family now My server is Debian 2.2r2. A benign hacker got me. All he seemed to do was overwrite my root index.html page and notify the hackers watchdog group to take responsibility for the act! I have some security questions: 1. How secure is it

Re: how secure is mail and ftp and netscape/IE???

2001-02-21 Thread Adam Spickler
What about if you are going from a Windows box to a *nix box. Is there any way to do secure ftp transfers. Mail, for me is no problem. I ssh into my machines and use Mutt to deal with email. ...adam On Wed, Feb 21, 2001 at 05:29:11PM -0300, Pedro Zorzenon Neto wrote: Hi Steve,

Re: how secure is mail and ftp and netscape/IE???

2001-02-21 Thread Mike Dresser
Somehow, I'm getting the impression you haven't taken this system offline, and properly either reinstall or definately fix what's wrong. That should be your first priority, if so. Steve Rudd wrote: Hello! Steve here, Well I am one of the family now! My server is Debian 2.2r2. A benign hacker

Re: how secure is mail and ftp and netscape/IE???

2001-02-21 Thread Jacob Meuser
On Wed, Feb 21, 2001 at 10:09:47PM +0100, Gaute Gullesen wrote: On Wednesday, February 21, 2001, 9:40:05 PM, Adam Spickler wrote: What about if you are going from a Windows box to a *nix box. Is there any way to do secure ftp transfers. Mail, for me is no problem. I ssh into my machines

Re[2]: how secure is mail and ftp and netscape/IE???

2001-02-21 Thread Gaute Gullesen
On Wednesday, February 21, 2001, 9:40:05 PM, Adam Spickler wrote: What about if you are going from a Windows box to a *nix box. Is there any way to do secure ftp transfers. Mail, for me is no problem. I ssh into my machines and use Mutt to deal with email. you could tunnel the ftp connection

Re: how secure is mail and ftp and netscape/IE???

2001-02-21 Thread Rishi L Khan
I use the iXplorer and putty. This does GUI scp, but it looks like GUI ftp. On Wed, 21 Feb 2001, Adam Spickler wrote: What about if you are going from a Windows box to a *nix box. Is there any way to do secure ftp transfers. Mail, for me is no problem. I ssh into my machines and use Mutt