[luau] BIG sendmail prob./man in the middle maybe ?

Ray Strode halfline at hawaii.rr.com
Fri Aug 23 14:19:01 PDT 2002


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>
>Aug 23 07:10:43 NS2 rpc.statd[752]: gethostbyname error for
>^X? ?^X? ?^Z? ?^Z? ?
>%8x%8x%8x%8x%8x%8x%8x%8x%8x%62716x%hn%51859x%hn\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\
>220\
>
rpc.statd is normally used by nfs to know when the server goes down.

gethostbyname() is a libc function for converting a standard internet 
address (ip or hostname) to a form
that some other libc functions use.  It will do a hostname lookup if the 
argument passed to it is a
hostname.  Some how gethostbyname() is getting passed a bogus value.

Someone is probably trying to hack your box.  Make sure you don't have 
port 111 open to the outside.

--Ray




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