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Re: wpad.dat attack on Linux Apache server

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From Sandman <mr@sandman.net>
Newsgroups comp.os.linux.networking, comp.os.linux.security, comp.infosystems.www.servers.unix
Subject Re: wpad.dat attack on Linux Apache server
Date Fri, 24 May 2013 16:23:13 +0200
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In article <knnqit$ib6$1@dont-email.me>,
 Joe Beanfish <joebeanfish@nospam.duh> wrote:

> >> Well, you shouldn't have done that.
> > 
> > Fair enough, but I still don't know how that messed this up. I just
> > can't wrap my head around it.
> 
> Wildcard DNS is asking for issues unless you fully understand all the
> ramifications. Best not to use it unless you really really need it and
> fully understand it.

Fair enough. 

> You have no entry for "wpad" so your wildcard is used.

Yes, that's how wildcards works - but not only do I not understand why 
thousands of hosts from all over the swedish internet would start to 
request wpad.* on my server, some of the up to thirty times per second - 
per host!

I am also not hosting any of their domains, so why would would they ever 
come to me to ask for this?

> Get people off your server by creating a wpad entry in your dns that 
> points to a nonexistent host or a host you want to handle that 
> discovery traffic, even if only to reject it.

I did that yesterday, didn't change a single thing... :(



-- 
Sandman[.net]

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wpad.dat attack on Linux Apache server Sandman <mr@sandman.net> - 2013-05-24 11:22 +0200
  Re: wpad.dat attack on Linux Apache server Richard Kettlewell <rjk@greenend.org.uk> - 2013-05-24 10:37 +0100
    Re: wpad.dat attack on Linux Apache server Sandman <mr@sandman.net> - 2013-05-24 11:44 +0200
      Re: wpad.dat attack on Linux Apache server Richard Kettlewell <rjk@greenend.org.uk> - 2013-05-24 11:04 +0100
        Re: wpad.dat attack on Linux Apache server Sandman <mr@sandman.net> - 2013-05-24 12:13 +0200
          Re: wpad.dat attack on Linux Apache server Richard Kettlewell <rjk@greenend.org.uk> - 2013-05-24 11:20 +0100
            Re: wpad.dat attack on Linux Apache server Sandman <mr@sandman.net> - 2013-05-24 12:23 +0200
              Re: wpad.dat attack on Linux Apache server J G Miller <miller@yoyo.ORG> - 2013-05-24 11:07 +0000
                Re: wpad.dat attack on Linux Apache server Sandman <mr@sandman.net> - 2013-05-24 14:43 +0200
                Re: wpad.dat attack on Linux Apache server Casper H.S. Dik <Casper.Dik@OrSPaMcle.COM> - 2013-05-24 13:05 +0000
                Re: wpad.dat attack on Linux Apache server Sandman <mr@sandman.net> - 2013-05-24 15:14 +0200
                Re: wpad.dat attack on Linux Apache server Joe Beanfish <joebeanfish@nospam.duh> - 2013-05-24 13:39 +0000
                Re: wpad.dat attack on Linux Apache server Sandman <mr@sandman.net> - 2013-05-24 16:23 +0200
                Re: wpad.dat attack on Linux Apache server Richard Kettlewell <rjk@greenend.org.uk> - 2013-05-24 15:13 +0100
                Re: wpad.dat attack on Linux Apache server Sandman <mr@sandman.net> - 2013-05-24 16:26 +0200
                Re: wpad.dat attack on Linux Apache server Richard Kettlewell <rjk@greenend.org.uk> - 2013-05-24 17:38 +0100
                Re: wpad.dat attack on Linux Apache server Sandman <mr@sandman.net> - 2013-05-24 19:02 +0200
                Re: wpad.dat attack on Linux Apache server Richard Kettlewell <rjk@greenend.org.uk> - 2013-05-24 18:45 +0100
                Re: wpad.dat attack on Linux Apache server Sandman <mr@sandman.net> - 2013-05-24 21:12 +0200
                Re: wpad.dat attack on Linux Apache server Casper H.S. Dik <Casper.Dik@OrSPaMcle.COM> - 2013-05-24 16:47 +0000
                Re: wpad.dat attack on Linux Apache server Sandman <mr@sandman.net> - 2013-05-24 18:53 +0200
                Re: wpad.dat attack on Linux Apache server J G Miller <miller@yoyo.ORG> - 2013-05-24 17:15 +0000
                Re: wpad.dat attack on Linux Apache server Sandman <mr@sandman.net> - 2013-05-24 21:20 +0200
                Re: wpad.dat attack on Linux Apache server Richard Kettlewell <rjk@greenend.org.uk> - 2013-05-25 08:45 +0100
                Re: wpad.dat attack on Linux Apache server Sandman <mr@sandman.net> - 2013-05-25 09:54 +0200
                Re: wpad.dat attack on Linux Apache server Sandman <mr@sandman.net> - 2013-05-25 10:04 +0200
                Re: wpad.dat attack on Linux Apache server Casper H.S. Dik <Casper.Dik@OrSPaMcle.COM> - 2013-05-26 10:12 +0000
                Re: wpad.dat attack on Linux Apache server "David W. Hodgins" <dwhodgins@nomail.afraid.org> - 2013-05-24 13:50 -0400
                Re: wpad.dat attack on Linux Apache server Richard Kettlewell <rjk@greenend.org.uk> - 2013-05-24 19:10 +0100
                Re: wpad.dat attack on Linux Apache server Richard Kettlewell <rjk@greenend.org.uk> - 2013-05-24 19:15 +0100
                Re: wpad.dat attack on Linux Apache server Sandman <mr@sandman.net> - 2013-05-24 21:33 +0200
                Re: wpad.dat attack on Linux Apache server Richard Kettlewell <rjk@greenend.org.uk> - 2013-05-25 08:38 +0100
                Re: wpad.dat attack on Linux Apache server Sandman <mr@sandman.net> - 2013-05-24 21:25 +0200
                Re: wpad.dat attack on Linux Apache server Whiskers <catwheezel@operamail.com> - 2013-05-25 15:52 +0100
                Re: wpad.dat attack on Linux Apache server Roger <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2013-05-25 17:19 +0100
                Re: wpad.dat attack on Linux Apache server J G Miller <miller@yoyo.ORG> - 2013-05-25 17:22 +0000
                Re: wpad.dat attack on Linux Apache server Sandman <mr@sandman.net> - 2013-05-25 19:41 +0200
              Re: wpad.dat attack on Linux Apache server Chris Davies <chris-usenet@roaima.co.uk> - 2013-05-24 12:31 +0100
                Re: wpad.dat attack on Linux Apache server Sandman <mr@sandman.net> - 2013-05-24 14:29 +0200
                Re: wpad.dat attack on Linux Apache server Chris Davies <chris-usenet@roaima.co.uk> - 2013-05-24 23:45 +0100
  Re: wpad.dat attack on Linux Apache server Sandman <mr@sandman.net> - 2013-05-24 14:49 +0200

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