War on spam turns to open proxies
News The term "open proxy" refers to the situation when a server allows network connections from anyone, to anywhere, on arbitrary ports and with arbitrary protocols. Connections made via open proxies are often non-accountable, since the open proxy...
[January 2, 2004, 15:55]
Network administrators told to secure servers
News Servers identified in the campaign were collected from existing anti-spam blacklists such as the Open Relay Database and the Open Proxy Database. An open relay is a mail server configured so that anyone can use it as a relay point for mail to any...
[January 30, 2004, 14:05]
MyDoom compromises Web
News Attackers can then bypass the PC's security and turn the system into a bounce point, or proxy, for any network-based attack. The message sports one of several different random subject lines, such as "Mail Delivery System," "Test" or "Mail...
[January 28, 2004, 7:15]
Linux for Christians? Here comes Jesux
News More immediately, Jesux also will include a Squid proxy server configured for blocking "illicit" web sites. For example, sendmail will not be included as the standard Mail Transfer Agent (MTA) because, according to the project's Web site, "a...
[September 28, 1999, 10:46]
