nullmailer - Sending failed: Could not exec program

Colin Law clanlaw at gmail.com
Sun Jun 22 14:45:49 UTC 2014


On 22 June 2014 15:37, Gene Heskett <gheskett at wdtv.com> wrote:
> On Sunday 22 June 2014 06:55:59 Graham Watkins did opine
>>
>>   host ntlworld.com
>> ntlworld.com has address 212.250.162.12
>
> Security lesson time:
>
> This is an "outside" address. Anyone in the world can find it, and exploit
> it if possible. And an unpatched windows machine will be rooted by someone
> in eastern Europe, or even stateside, often within 30 seconds of plugging
> in the CAT5 cable.  Linux machines are far better, but not invincible.

Not sure what you are saying here, that ntlworld.com has a globally
accessible IP address and may be hacked?  If it did not then
http://ntlworld.com would not work very well.  Also I would hope that
ntl (now virginmedia I think) do not use unpatched Windows machines.

Colin




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