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Date:      Wed, 18 Jan 2006 09:13:45 -0600 (CST)
From:      chris@i13i.com
To:        "Crispy Beef" <crispy.beef@ntlworld.com>
Cc:        Kilian Hagemann <hagemann1@egs.uct.ac.za>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: I have been hacked (WAS: Have I been hacked or is nmap wrong?)
Message-ID:  <44255.195.139.252.5.1137597225.squirrel@webmail.i13i.com>
In-Reply-To: <43CE5077.3060203@ntlworld.com>
References:  <200601171907.17831.hagemann1@egs.uct.ac.za>	<200601181129.38634.hagemann1@egs.uct.ac.za>	<20060118123451.GA69630@abbott.allenmyland.com> <200601181556.33030.hagemann1@egs.uct.ac.za> <43CE5077.3060203@ntlworld.com>

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sendmail_enable="NONE" would do the same as all that other crap mentioned
i find it a waste of time trying to figure out how a hacker got in just
format the machine reinstall freebsd and secure the box up a bit and try
updating it when vulnerabilitie are out. And this shouldnt happen again

>> Also, I said smtp ports were open on the machines in question, I just
>> verified
>> that I can send emails via BOTH these systems even though no
>> sendmail/exim/whatever was ever installed by me and
>> sendmail_enable="None" on
>> both.
>
> For what it's worth, to disable senmail on 5.0 and later, you need:
>
> sendmail_enable="NO"
> sendmail_submit_enable="NO"
> sendmail_outbound_enable="NO"
> sendmail_msp_queue_enable="NO"
>
> All those lines need to go in your /etc/rc.conf file, just the top line on
> it's own will only stop mail coming into your system and I think it has to
> be
> "NO" not "None", but I'm not 100% on that.
>
> The above is from the Handbook:
>
> http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/mail-changingmta.html
>
> --
> Paul
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