> hello, > my squirrelmail got hacked and all my mail got sent to some jerk, > "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" for a while cause i couldnt figure out > what was > going on. And i got a ton of spam. I finally figured out what was going > on and got his email out of my reply to preferences, but how can i keep > this from happening again? I changed my password, but thats all i know to > do. Any help out there? thanks
1. "to hack" - To interact with a computer in a playful and exploratory rather than goal-directed way. "to crack" - To break into a system 2. try to find out how account was broken. a) you were using some http:// address and person got password that you entered there. b) communications between webserver and imap server were not secured and password was got from there. c) you have stored your password in browser d) your webserver or imapserver was broken e) there was keylogger attached to computer you used to check email 3. secure your systems a) use ssl enabled connections. https:// address instead of http:// b) if imap server and webserver are on different machines - use ssl enabled imap connections c) http://www.squirrelmail.org/plugin_view.php?id=12 d) secure your servers http://www.auscert.org.au/render.html?cid=1937 e) secure your workstation or don't use keyboard to enter passwords http://www.squirrelmail.org/plugin_view.php?id=159 -- Tomas ------------------------------------------------------- This SF. Net email is sponsored by: GoToMyPC GoToMyPC is the fast, easy and secure way to access your computer from any Web browser or wireless device. Click here to Try it Free! https://www.gotomypc.com/tr/OSDN/AW/Q4_2003/t/g22lp?Target=mm/g22lp.tmpl -- squirrelmail-users mailing list List Address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] List Archives: http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_id=2995 List Info: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/squirrelmail-users
