Hi, it is redhat 6.0 with sendmail 8.9.3 (i think). We ended up with a linux
box, with nobody here who new anything about it because a linux cost us
$1000 to get running while a winblows box would have cost $3000 (or so with
lincensing etc), i was trying to convince them that winblows would be the
better option in our situation but its all about the dollar, and the offical
reason i got for going with linux "once its set up we wont need to touch
it"... they are clueless. so... well i guess ill pass the responsibility
back UP to management :)
nelson
>
> You don't say what distribution of Linus you have installed. If it is
> Redhat any earlier then the current 6.1 and if you have not disabled these
> serb=vices which you do not want then you have a system that is wide open
> to compromise, which you probably have already had done anyway.
>
> If you don't know how to run Linux then you should pay for expert
> assistance before connecting it to the net. Linux is much stronger then
> Windows but for the same reason it can be more dangerous in inexperienced
> hands.
>
> Howard.
> ______________________________________________________
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>
> On Mon, 10 Apr 2000, Nelson N wrote:
>
> > Hi, we've got a linux machine between our lan and the net which
> is runnning
> > all our services, ip masq and sendmail basically.. since i dont
> know jack
> > all about linux (yet) i hardly ever touch the machine. this
> morning i logged
> > on to be kindly notified that root account has new mail, 2400
> odd emails in
> > fact, all msg's from Mailer-Daemon with Subject "Returned mail: User
> > unknown". there is a rather large amount of spam being
> distributed via our
> > server and bandwidth, naturally this is giving me shits esp
> because i dont
> > know how to stop it (besides the off switch) any quick fix would be
> > appreciated till i get a chance to read up and fix it properly..
> >
> > thanx
> > nelson
> >
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