[brlug-general] Seeing new DDOS SCO worm on my mail server; how bout you?

[-ray]

On Wed, 28 Jan 2004, Shannon Roddy wrote:

> On Jan 28, 2004, at 7:33 AM, will hill wrote:
> > That spoofing is interesting.  Being a good Zealot, I imagine you 
> > don't have any M$ systems up and running.  That would make it 
> > impossible for you to really be sending those mails.  Can you pinpoint 
> > the origin of the spoofed mail?  I wonder where the program got your 
> > address and why.  Are other people on this list being spoofed like 
> > that?
> >
> 
> Doesn't matter if I have any windows systems running.  The virus spoofs 
> the sender's address.  So, if you are in someone's address book, 
> chances are "you" are sending out copies of the virus.

And when the recipients server bounces the message, the real "you" gets 
the bounce.  I can stop the virii, but it's harder to stop the bounces.  
Luckily bayes is starting learn them so some end up in my spam box.

ray
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Ray DeJean  				       	 http://www.r-a-y.org
Systems Engineer                    Southeastern Louisiana University
IBM Certified Specialist  	      AIX Administration, AIX Support
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