Re: [newbie] Apache security

2003-06-08 Thread JoeHill
On 08 Jun 2003 00:13:48 +0200 Steven Broos [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: Then you can disable PHP easily if you really want to, and let a script create a HTML-file which contains the uptime. ah, I'm not that concerned. it's just: ?php include uptime.txt; ? I see the usual attempts at running

Re: [newbie] Apache security

2003-06-08 Thread JoeHill
On 08 Jun 2003 00:13:48 +0200 Steven Broos [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: On Sat, 2003-06-07 at 23:28, JoeHill wrote: ah, ignore my immediately previous question. I found it, it's Code Red trying to spoof. Pt, keep trying bud...LOL. -- Joehill Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage:

Re: [newbie] Apache security

2003-06-08 Thread Steven Broos
http://www.apacheweek.com/features/codered Some stupid worm. Nothing to be concerned about, if you're running apache. At least if you don't need to administer the stations where the requests come from :-) Steven On Sun, 2003-06-08 at 17:45, JoeHill wrote: On 08 Jun 2003 00:13:48 +0200

Re: [newbie] Apache security

2003-06-08 Thread FemmeFatale
At 11:45 AM 6/8/2003 -0400, you wrote: I see the usual attempts at running windows scripts, but one thing stumps me. I see this occasionally as well, from different addresses on the same subnet as me (64.x.x.x): 64.229.89.4 - - [07/Jun/2003:23:59:37 -0400] GET

Re: [newbie] Apache security

2003-06-08 Thread JoeHill
On Sun, 08 Jun 2003 16:41:49 -0600 FemmeFatale [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: This ofc assumes I'm correct. I also assume a spoofed IP addy from a script kiddy. yup, you missed my reply to myself! it's code red in all its glory... -- Joehill Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage:

[newbie] Apache security

2003-06-07 Thread JoeHill
I read the Seven Deadly Sins of Linux security, and one item concerns me: On Toxen's don'ts list: Don't use PHP, even though it's convenient. Don't run DNS, auth (ident) or Apache as root. But, do use suEXEC, a tool first introduced in Apache 1.2, that increases security by allowing users to

Re: [newbie] Apache security

2003-06-07 Thread Steven Broos
I think it's a little bit paranoia to say you may not run PHP. I find it weird CGI is OK, but PHP isn't... Both are dangerous for your system when they are not administered well. Apache has one parent-instance owned by root. The child-rpocesses are run from the account you specified. I

[newbie] Apache Security

2003-01-19 Thread Marlo Montanaro
Hi, Once again, thanks to those who got me straightened out on installing/updating RPM's. Now I've gotten Apache 1.3.27 installed on Mandrake 9.0. Just curious how secure it is considered out of the box. I've seen quite a few Nimda and Code Red hits against it- obviously unsuccessfully. But