Phil, >From a security standpoint there is the address of the server via DNS (easily obtained) and then there is the address of the server as it exists on the internal network or DMZ of the host. Depending on the network setup this may be quite different and in certain instances can be valuable to a malicious programmer.
-Mark -----Original Message----- From: Phill B [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, October 07, 2005 8:15 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: ColdFusion Security Holes - Best Practices For what its worth, I have never had a problem finding the IP address for a server using nslookup on my PC. Not to mention what you can find out using these sites. http://www.dnsreport.com/ http://www.dnsstuff.com/ You can change how errors are shown by making changes in the debugging section of the CF Admin. Phil On 10/7/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start tracking and documenting hours spent on a project or with a client with Logware today. Try it for free with a 15 day trial account. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=67 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:220310 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
