Comment And for the guilty webmasters who allow... (Score 1) 416
And for those of you use scripts like "Matts Form Mail" (FormMail.pl or FormMail.cgi) you are probably one of the people allowing spammers to make money.
If you must use a script on your site that sends email, ensure that it does not allow just anyone to pass arguements to it directly, or from a script.
If you are using Matts FormMail (the #4 attack on the internet) then ensure you have the latest version. Here is the latest version
If in doubt, and you run Apache, add the following lines to your httpd.conf file:
RedirectMatch seeother [Ff]orm[Mm]ail.pl http://127.0.0.1/
RedirectMatch seeother [Ff]orm[Mm]ail.cgi http://127.0.0.1/
This will also help you reduce the number of 404 errors in your logs. The same redirect concept works for the Nimda crap as well.
I do not run any windows based servers, so I can not help you there.
If you are a spammer, this message should not bother you since you do not abuse peoples servers and steal their bandwidth, correct?
If you must use a script on your site that sends email, ensure that it does not allow just anyone to pass arguements to it directly, or from a script.
If you are using Matts FormMail (the #4 attack on the internet) then ensure you have the latest version. Here is the latest version
If in doubt, and you run Apache, add the following lines to your httpd.conf file:
RedirectMatch seeother [Ff]orm[Mm]ail.pl http://127.0.0.1/
RedirectMatch seeother [Ff]orm[Mm]ail.cgi http://127.0.0.1/
This will also help you reduce the number of 404 errors in your logs. The same redirect concept works for the Nimda crap as well.
I do not run any windows based servers, so I can not help you there.
If you are a spammer, this message should not bother you since you do not abuse peoples servers and steal their bandwidth, correct?
