Forgive my language but that is absolute bollocks. This person is obviously a total novice in as far as security is concerned.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 07 October 2005 13:51 To: CF-Server Subject: ColdFusion Security Holes - Best Practices I heard a challenge from a security consultant that "if you are using ColdFusion you do not have a secure server." He maintains that CF is full of things a hacker can access. For example he gave the following example. If you attempt to open a CF website with the following command it will generate an error message that gives you the IP address of the CF server: sitename.org/*.cfm I tried this on a wide variety of sites and found that most CF sites return the error with the IP address. Some, however appear to trap this error somehow. What should be done on a CF server to prevent that type of error exposing the IP address of a CF server? This error is occuring prior to the execution of an application.cfm file in the host root directory so you cannot programatically trap it. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:10:5567 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/10 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:10 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.10 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
