nullmailer - Sending failed: Could not exec program

Gene Heskett gheskett at wdtv.com
Mon Jun 23 13:15:02 UTC 2014


On Monday 23 June 2014 03:09:16 Colin Law did opine
And Gene did reply:
> 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

Very little Colin, other than pointing out that a web page to be under the 
users total control is no more complicated than setting up apache2, and 
registering a name with namecheap.

Cheers, Gene Heskett
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