Re: [vchkpw] 5.3.26 error with chkusr patch + mysql

2003-09-01 Thread Brad Dameron
- Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Just thinking out loud. > > The approach of tarpitting is to slow down the attacker without impacting > your network or requiring additional resources on your end to deal with > the cracker. I *think* it does this by analyzing the vol

Re: [vchkpw] no such user. URGENT!

2003-09-01 Thread Raboo Treed
don't forget the files in /var/qmail/control also... btw, what in between heaven and earth made you accidently delete /var/qmail :-) - Original Message - From: "Tom Collins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "vpopmail list" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, September 01, 2003 9:11 PM Subject: Re:

Re: [vchkpw] no such user. URGENT!

2003-09-01 Thread Tom Collins
On Monday, September 1, 2003, at 11:34 AM, T. Albert wrote: i accidently deleted my /var/qmail, and now my vpopmail didnot recognize the virtual domains. i have a backup of my /var/qmail (not the recent one). and now some of my domains can't be recognize. how can i fix this ? OR is there a way i

[vchkpw] no such user. URGENT!

2003-09-01 Thread T. Albert
hi, i accidently deleted my /var/qmail, and now my vpopmail didnot recognize the virtual domains. i have a backup of my /var/qmail (not the recent one). and now some of my domains can't be recognize. how can i fix this ? OR is there a way i can rebuild my assign file ?

Re: [vchkpw] RE:(2) [vchkpw] Script for users to delete their own account

2003-09-01 Thread Tom Collins
On Saturday, August 30, 2003, at 10:52 AM, Evren Yurtesen wrote: 1. Auth the user against the database using their email/passwd 2. Change the last auth value to a year ago. 3. Display a message that they have until the next quarter hour to change their mind about deleting their account, and if

Re: [vchkpw] warning: trouble injecting bounce message, will trylater

2003-09-01 Thread Jonas Pasche
Hi Jesus, > i'm using qmail with vpopmail 5.2.1, and in my qmail log files this > message continues to appear > > "warning: trouble injecting bounce message, will try later" > > I have plenty of disk space, and i don't know where to look for the > problem. You already posted exactly this questi

[vchkpw] Re: 5.3.26 error with chkusr patch + mysql

2003-09-01 Thread Paul L. Allen
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > The approach of tarpitting is to slow down the attacker without impacting > your network or requiring additional resources on your end to deal with > the cracker. That is the ideal. The ideal is unachievable. > I *think* it does this by analyzing the volume of incom

[vchkpw] warning: trouble injecting bounce message, will try later

2003-09-01 Thread Jesus Ruiz
i'm using qmail with vpopmail 5.2.1, and in my qmail log files this message continues to appear "warning: trouble injecting bounce message, will try later" I have plenty of disk space, and i don't know where to look for the problem. Thanks in advance, Jesus

[vchkpw] Re: qmail-send is eating all availible cpu time

2003-09-01 Thread Jesus Ruiz
I have the same problem i check the file permission and they are ok, and i also check that qmail-send don't restart very often. I'm using qmail, with vpopmail 5.2.1 and spamcontrol2.09 [EMAIL PROTECTED] /root]# svstat /service/* /service/qmail-pop3d: up (pid 1129) 7392 seconds /service/qmail-sen

Re: [vchkpw] 5.3.26 error with chkusr patch + mysql

2003-09-01 Thread tonix (Antonio Nati)
Just another thought. What is done through the ckuser patch, is what all other e-mail systems (escluding native qmail) all do usually. So, this is a general problem for all e-mail systems. Ciao, Tonino At 01/09/03 01/09/03 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just thinking out loud. The approa

Re: [vchkpw] 5.3.26 error with chkusr patch + mysql

2003-09-01 Thread isp
Just thinking out loud. The approach of tarpitting is to slow down the attacker without impacting your network or requiring additional resources on your end to deal with the cracker. I *think* it does this by analyzing the volume of incoming SMTP requests from the same host. The approach of

Re: [vchkpw] 5.3.26 error with chkusr patch + mysql

2003-09-01 Thread tonix (Antonio Nati)
I thought of this initially, but then I forgot because of the general gain this patch gives. We could introduce a delay for each not existing user, or a limit for the maximum number of "rcpt to". But for a massive hacker, that could not be a problem. I'm thinking of a more sophisticated code, bu

[vchkpw] Re: courier pop3d

2003-09-01 Thread Paul L. Allen
Tom Collins writes: > I'd love to hear from someone who's tried with a recent version, and > whether it worked or failed (and if it did fail, where/how did it fail). I tried it with 5.3.24 and authdaemon authentication worked fine. I then had to switch to 5.3.26 because of a bug in 5.3.24 and

RE: [vchkpw] 5.3.26 error with chkusr patch + mysql

2003-09-01 Thread Shane Chrisp
Title: Message Yes, you should be using some form of tarpitting as well with this patch. There is no need for someone to be connecting xx number of times per minute.   Shane -Original Message-From: Brad Dameron [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, 1 September 2003 7:38

Re: [vchkpw] 5.3.26 error with chkusr patch + mysql

2003-09-01 Thread Brad Dameron
Title: Message Speaking of this patch. I think there is a potential of people being able to harvest e-mail accounts using a dictionary, etc. They can connect up and just validate e-mail addresses with this patch to determine if they are valid or not. This could be a spammers dream come true.

RE: [vchkpw] /var/mail/vpopmail

2003-09-01 Thread Jasper Metselaar
> What does your /var/qmail/rc file look like? My qmail/rc file looks like this: ===START=== #!/bin/sh # Using stdout for logging # Using control/defaultdelivery from qmail-local to deliver messages by default exec env - PATH="/var/qmail/bin:$PATH" \ qmail-start "`cat /var/qmail/control/defaultd

RE: [vchkpw] 5.3.26 error with chkusr patch + mysql

2003-09-01 Thread Shane Chrisp
Title: Message Tonino,    Thanks for the reply. That has fixed the problem. Compiles now, and it works still with the mysql backend.   cheers   Shane -Original Message-From: tonix (Antonio Nati) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, 1 September 2003 5:05 AMTo: [EMAIL PROT