nullmailer - Sending failed: Could not exec program

Colin Law clanlaw at gmail.com
Mon Jun 23 07:09:16 UTC 2014


On 23 June 2014 01:25, Gene Heskett <gheskett at wdtv.com> wrote:
> On Sunday 22 June 2014 10:45:49 Colin Law did opine
> And Gene did reply:
>> 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
>
> The web link in my sig IS this machine, it is not some web hosting service
> running on what could be unknown hardware.  That port number is the only
> port number that is forwarded.  Some of the stuff on that page is getting
> quite long in the tooth, heck there is even a few pix of me there that
> were taken by the woof in 2008 while I was building that garage almost
> single-handedly, but it should give the viewer some idea of what keeps me
> out of the bars.

What has that got to do with ntlworld.com?

Colin




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