Plain text please...
> There was a process running on the server which was downloaded to tmp directory
> by using wget from a script making rpc calls on the server.
If I understand you correctly:
- some script running on another machine made a remote procedure call (RPC) to your server.
- the rpc caused the server to run wget
- wget downloaded a file to /tmp
- this file was daemon which ran on the server and did something bad.
So to make your server more secure, first of all, disable RPC (I assume Linux?):
http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/securing-debian-howto/ch-sec-services.en.html#s-rpc
Generally speaking, on a dedicated webserver you should disable telnet, smtp, finger, etc. Have a look at:
http://www.yolinux.com/TUTORIALS/LinuxTutorialInternetSecurity.html
General tips for apache config:
http://httpd.apache.org/docs/1.3/misc/security_tips.html
Rgds,
Owen Boyle
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-----Original Message-----
From: Kailash Vyas [mailto:kailash.vyas@xxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Mittwoch, 19. Oktober 2005 10:51
To: users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [users@httpd] security issue
hi all,
I was facing some problems with webserver security.
There was a process running on the server which was downloaded to tmp directry by using wget from a script making rpc calls on the server.
I have disabled the wget execute permissions but how do i make the webserver more secure for preventing such activities.
I am running apache 1.3 on server.
thanks,
kailash
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