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Grex > Helpers > #132: Grex System Problems - Spring 2004 |  |
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realugly
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response 230 of 405:
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May 7 01:26 UTC 2004 |
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wlevak
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response 231 of 405:
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May 7 04:01 UTC 2004 |
several sites mention that there is a firmware upgrade for the
Flowpoint/2200-12, although I haven't actually found the upgrade. It may be
worth a try.
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tsty
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response 232 of 405:
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May 7 05:21 UTC 2004 |
three drops in last 15 or so minutes ... freeze before drop./
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rcurl
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response 233 of 405:
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May 7 06:25 UTC 2004 |
Off the internet now....
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gull
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response 234 of 405:
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May 7 13:08 UTC 2004 |
Still down...
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rcurl
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response 235 of 405:
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May 7 16:35 UTC 2004 |
12:34pm up 17 days, 14:53, 3 users, load average: 0.23, 0.21, 0.01
Login Name TTY Idle Login Time Location Work Phone
newuser The Newuser Program p0 5d Apr 24 13:51
rcurl Rane Curl *sc May 7 12:34
sgsg sg p6 7d Apr 30 08:12
"All alone, by the telephone."
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wlevak
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response 236 of 405:
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May 7 18:47 UTC 2004 |
Still down. Isn't there anybody that can kick that thing, wherever it is?
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keesan
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response 237 of 405:
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May 7 23:17 UTC 2004 |
Why is grex so slow, with nobody on?
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keesan
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response 238 of 405:
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May 7 23:27 UTC 2004 |
I just did top and sendmail is using a lot of resources with a load average
of 24 or so. Motd from i (Walter) says that grex just got back online (while
I was doing top, apparently) which is slowing it down. Thanks Walter for the
info. Hi Mary et al. who just got here.
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mary
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response 239 of 405:
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May 7 23:34 UTC 2004 |
Hi, Sindi!
Thanks, Walter!
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soup
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response 240 of 405:
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May 9 04:59 UTC 2004 |
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realugly
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response 241 of 405:
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May 9 14:55 UTC 2004 |
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keesan
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response 242 of 405:
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May 9 21:44 UTC 2004 |
The following (without any message body) was in my inbox when I got home
today at 17:30 (May 9). I am sure I did not send it. Who did? Is this
some new virus? No attachment either.
Received: from host217-42-224-55.range217-42.btcentralplus.com
(host217-42-224-55.range217-42.btcentralplus.com [217.42.224.55]) by
grex.cyberspace.org (8.6.13/8.6.12) with SMTP id QAA13675 for
<keesan@grex.org>; Sun, 9 May 2004 16:32:50 -0400 Date: Sun, 9 May 2004
16:32:50 -0400 From: Sindi Keesan <keesan@grex.org> Message-Id:
<200405092032.QAA13675@grex.cyberspace.org> Received: from i[8 Apparently-To:
<keesan@grex.org>
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jor
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response 243 of 405:
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May 10 00:19 UTC 2004 |
There seems to be a rash of new email/spam/virus
crap, with bogus attachments and ruses like
imitation email error messages, et cetera.
'your email to IncreaseViagraSize.com
failed' . . wait I sent no such email.
I am thinking about making a list of the
symptoms.
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albaugh
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response 244 of 405:
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May 10 18:13 UTC 2004 |
Recent viruses are being sent spoofing the From: address. This makes it
more likely to spread, as the unsuspecting - and inexperienced! - recipient
will say "How nice, a message from Sindi, I'll just open her attachment"
expecting to see an image of flowers or something, and instead...
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keesan
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response 245 of 405:
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May 10 18:35 UTC 2004 |
I know about the Netsky virus spoofing the address and coming with a 40K
attachment, but this had no attachment and it was from me to me and also had
no message body. Odd.
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tod
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response 246 of 405:
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May 10 18:40 UTC 2004 |
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drew
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response 247 of 405:
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May 10 19:24 UTC 2004 |
I also have gotten mail from myself. One a normal spam, and the other devoid
of any text or attachment, saved in /a/d/r/drew/selfmail. I was going to
change my password but since others are also getting mail from themselves -
what the heck, I'm changing it anyway.
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scott
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response 248 of 405:
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May 10 19:28 UTC 2004 |
A really recent virus even has a couple photos of sexy women embedded, to be
used to entice the victim into opening the attachment.
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jor
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response 249 of 405:
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May 11 00:30 UTC 2004 |
I assume malicious attachments are targeting
Windows email programs. Are there now malicious
email attachments which can do damage
on Unix?
I don't want to open one to find out.
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jhudson
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response 250 of 405:
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May 11 14:40 UTC 2004 |
There are, but just opening one won't do any damage.
It is hard to get a virus when you have to:
(save file)
$ chmod +x file
$ ./file
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keesan
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response 251 of 405:
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May 11 15:03 UTC 2004 |
I also get 'antivirus warning report' type subjects from the grex MAILERDAEMON
which I presume is also a forget from address. Can't check, it already went
to /dev/null.
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gull
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response 252 of 405:
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May 11 15:10 UTC 2004 |
There was, for a while, a buffer overflow bug in Pine that would allow a
specially-crafted email message to execute arbitrary code. I don't know
of any worms that successfully exploited it, though.
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tod
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response 253 of 405:
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May 11 16:18 UTC 2004 |
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krj
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response 254 of 405:
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May 11 16:52 UTC 2004 |
resp:242, 245: Sindi: yeah, those are going around, null emails which
claim to be "From:" the address receiving them. I have a few and
have reports of others. What this means is that the Quality Assurance
department in Virusland is slacking off on the job; you have received
the output from an incompetently written virus.
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