[mythtv-users] pcHDTV.com defaced AGAIN
Maarten
mythtv at ultratux.org
Wed Dec 22 18:41:03 UTC 2004
On Wednesday 22 December 2004 18:19, Anthony Vito wrote:
> > >Eh ? 1919 ?? Which internet are you speaking of...? ;-)
> >
> > The one Al Gore invented...:-)
>
> What.. you people haven't seen Dodgeball yet?
nope
> > 587/tcp open submission
>
> ESMTP email submission port
Ah okay, missed that one. So this one is actually benign.
> > 5190/tcp open aol
>
> AOL Instant Messenger.... Most likely "Gaim" in this case....
>
> I'm all about high profit margins and running businesses slim... but
> come on, buy a dedicated server so you don't have to run the web site
> on the same machine you chat on AIM with....
That's not really it. This machine may well be a gateway shielding off
several other separate boxes behind it. But how is offering rlogin on the
internet safe (or even useful) ? Same goes for the rest.
> ..... I didn't think about the "decoy" open port thing... maybe.....
I'm not gonna check it, but it is easy to verify: just attempt a full protocol
handshake, like telnet or rlogin, or finger.
Maarten
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