[Ryedale] [Fwd: [lugmaster] Security: Apache service unavailable]

[Al Girling]

On Thu, Aug 07, 2008 at 10:37:14AM BST, Stephen O'Neill wrote:
> 
> FYI, the website will be down for a while:
> 
> - -------- Original Message --------
> 
>    In the last couple of days, we've been experiencing security
> problems on xinit.lug.org.uk (the domain that runs most of the
> websites on *.lug.org.uk). The attack vector seems to have been
> through some insecure PHP on the system. As a result, I've temporarily
> turned off Apache on the machine, until we can sort out where the
> attacks are coming from and how to stop them.
> 
>    Hugo.

Thanks for posting this Steve, beat me to it again.

In a similar vein, I noticed a warning of an attempted DOS in my
security logs.  All I can say is that if the loser who tried this really
wnats to cause denial of service they should go and work for NEDL
because we had no less than eight power cuts last night.

Al

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Al Girling

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