Sorry, I thought Wally was the name of the security consultant, here -- not the OP.
My sincere apologies to Wally; it seems I'm the moron who can't read a full post!!! So correct my message to read that Wally's security consultant is a bit of a moron. --Ferg >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:4:220307 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
