ARGH. Attack of the spelling monster (multiple spellings too!)
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On Tue, 18 Jan 2000, Robert Gash
wrote:
> This dosen't mean that they were logged in locally, it shows you that
> someone on 24.7.234.239 tried to connect to the IMAP service. Manual
> telnets or using a mail client will make this message appear (it could
> also be some sort of scanning tool looking for exploitable IMAP
> servers). This message is completely benign but you should probably
> command out the IMAP service entry from /etc/inetd.conf and then restart
> inetd.conf. (Commend it out by searching for the imap line and putting a
> # in front of it then saving the file. Restart inetd by issuing a
> 'killall -HUP inetd' command as root)
>
> -Robert Gash
>
> If you're on a cablemodem, I would look into using the "portsentry" and
> "snort" programs on your server machine. I am constantly catching
> would-be attackers and people portscanning my machine and blocking them
> before they can do any damage. It's also nice to have full logs to report
> them to the proper authorities should the activity become harmful.
>
> Snort Homepage (uses PROMISC mode to detect attack signatures on the
> wire): http://apps.freshmeat.net/homepage/924538912/
>
> Portsentry (listens and detects portscans, can then add a hosts.deny rule
> as well as an ipchains or route command to totally block the host):
> http://apps.freshmeat.net/homepage/898904215/
>
> -Robert
>
> On Tue, 18 Jan 2000, Brian J. Dowd wrote:
>
> > My log file reads the following two lines:
> > Jan 17 20:28:32 [hostname] imapd[PID]: connect from 24.7.234.239
> > Jan 17 20:28:32 [hostname] imapd[PID]: error: cannot execute
> > /usr/sbin/imapd: No such file or directory
> > Would this have happened if someone pinged port 143 on my server or
> > would they have to be logged into my machine to issue this command?
> > I don't run any imap services on this machine but I previously have
> > connected to and downloaded the U. of Wash. imap server source code. I
> > never compiled it, however.
> > -Brian
> >
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