Hi,
On Wed, Aug 6, 2008 at 3:07 PM, Robert - elists <lists07@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Well, my boss's a cheapskate and his clients are cheapskate so a couple of years back I was assigned the server administration job on top of my regular day role to setup the server with OTS parts. Hence the half baked setup based on a tight budget and whatever information I can glean from the internet and the good folks on forums and mailing lists.
So for the ILO? Well, only today did the term enter my mind. Although I did vaguely remember suggestions for a remote reboot button but it was beyond my know how to setup.
If server is not compromised, just edit the smtp configs to deny acceptance from that ip block
The EXIM configurations are even more nightmarish than iptables, which at least made some sort of sense. I've been plugging the ip address into the various bad_sender bad_host etc files in the exim configuration directory but it's still not ignoring it. The EXIM smpt/MTA will still accept the connection, then check and realize hey something's not quite right, then issue a reject before the VNSL machine terminates the connection. So the server's still wasting resources handling tens of thousands of such transaction and chewing up log space at the same time.
Hence I have to resort to just blocking from iptables.
Of course, it could very well be my own admitted incompetence that I'm doing something wrong here so Exim is not working the way I expect. I'm very very wary about messing any deeper with the mail settings because a server that's obviously dead to the world is much easier to notice than client emails mysteriously disappearing for days due to bad config before they realize it.
Hence I have to resort to just blocking from iptables.
Of course, it could very well be my own admitted incompetence that I'm doing something wrong here so Exim is not working the way I expect. I'm very very wary about messing any deeper with the mail settings because a server that's obviously dead to the world is much easier to notice than client emails mysteriously disappearing for days due to bad config before they realize it.
Why doesn't the server have an ILO port or something to that effect?
Well, my boss's a cheapskate and his clients are cheapskate so a couple of years back I was assigned the server administration job on top of my regular day role to setup the server with OTS parts. Hence the half baked setup based on a tight budget and whatever information I can glean from the internet and the good folks on forums and mailing lists.
So for the ILO? Well, only today did the term enter my mind. Although I did vaguely remember suggestions for a remote reboot button but it was beyond my know how to setup.
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