Re: [WebDNA] Attack?
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texte = > So… I have been getting attacked, I think. What do your web server logs tell you? Is the same ip address being used to request the WebDNA template page that contains your email form? If so, just block it. > Why someone would attack me is a whole other bucket of fish Bots do things like this, not humans. They are always trying to find unprotected pages/system to exploit. All the time. They never stop. > That went away, but now I have been getting a ton (hundreds > sent in a few minutes of each other, several times a day) of > Sendmail generated emails, that again crashes WebCat. What's the URL of the form page that's being used to send these emails via WebDNA? > Is there any way this is not an attack, but WebCat somehow gone > crazy? No. WebDNA does not request web pages unless you tell it to, either via trigger or via tcpconnect. Regards, Kenneth Grome WebDNA Solutions http://www.webdnasolutions.com Web Database Systems and Linux Server Management
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> So… I have been getting attacked, I think. What do your web server logs tell you? Is the same ip address being used to request the WebDNA template page that contains your email form? If so, just block it. > Why someone would attack me is a whole other bucket of fish Bots do things like this, not humans. They are always trying to find unprotected pages/system to exploit. All the time. They never stop. > That went away, but now I have been getting a ton (hundreds > sent in a few minutes of each other, several times a day) of > Sendmail generated emails, that again crashes WebCat. What's the URL of the form page that's being used to send these emails via WebDNA? > Is there any way this is not an attack, but WebCat somehow gone > crazy? No. WebDNA does not request web pages unless you tell it to, either via trigger or via tcpconnect. Regards, Kenneth Grome WebDNA Solutions http://www.webdnasolutions.com Web Database Systems and Linux Server Management
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