Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!news-1.dfn.de!news.dfn.de!news.informatik.hu-berlin.de!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Sandman Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.security,comp.infosystems.www.servers.unix Subject: Re: wpad.dat attack on Linux Apache server Date: Sat, 25 May 2013 19:41:15 +0200 Lines: 64 Message-ID: References: <87vc68ra57.fsf@araminta.anjou.terraraq.org.uk> <87ppwgr8wz.fsf@araminta.anjou.terraraq.org.uk> <87k3mor85j.fsf@araminta.anjou.terraraq.org.uk> <519f6593$0$15954$e4fe514c@news2.news.xs4all.nl> <8761y8qxcr.fsf@araminta.anjou.terraraq.org.uk> <519f999f$0$15903$e4fe514c@news2.news.xs4all.nl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: individual.net 8dTXYodrkiRCpnRRavkRjQ4CNwxUhCg+FF+J+mB97qfLX+KtU= X-Orig-Path: mr Cancel-Lock: sha1:gt6lug4xGygYIRIP42aSFHnCfT0= User-Agent: MT-NewsWatcher/3.5.2 (Intel Mac OS X) X-Face: $@,Vfa$,)%=Qa7L]y)&oZj_\EiHc}}Af0Bei"4a_%)"c6TQ+P/:53>;PNGuWUmkqyeN-qM65foJ[;T_(k;>]&G\T4Lhm:2 ujye2_,iUJFE;NZn>y;.|-hl7g~bIOF1qG\o, Whiskers wrote: > On 2013-05-24, Sandman wrote: > > In article <519f999f$0$15903$e4fe514c@news2.news.xs4all.nl>, > > Casper H.S. Dik wrote: > > > >> >> host www.stadsnat.se > >> >www.stadsnat.se is an alias for cluster.atlascms.se. > >> >cluster.atlascms.se has address 94.247.170.170 > >> > >> >Now, atlascms.se WAS a wildcard DNS, but isn't any longer. > >> > >> So when someone looked up wpad.stadsnet.se it was mapped > >> to cluster.atlascms.se? That, I think, is the root > >> of your problem. > > > > No, that's the thing - "stadsnat.se" is not a domain I am > > administering. It's one of my clients domains. They wouldn't wildcard > > DNS and send ALL requests to me - only web requests (so www would > > point to me). > > actually. Maybe I should tell them to exempt wpad... > > [...] > > But > > $ host stadsnet.se > stadsnet.se has address 46.30.211.54 > stadsnet.se mail is handled by 10 mx-cluster-a1.one.com. > stadsnet.se mail is handled by 10 mx-cluster-a2.one.com. > > $ host wpad.stadsnet.se > wpad.stadsnet.se has address 46.30.211.54 > > $ host qwerty.stadsnet.se > qwerty.stadsnet.se has address 46.30.211.54 > > ... looks like a wildcard setting somewhere, to me. Only, you accidentally looked up "stadsnet" instead of "stadsnat" :) > host stadsnat.se stadsnat.se has address 94.247.170.170 That's my IP > host www.stadsnat.se www.stadsnat.se is an alias for cluster.atlascms.se. cluster.atlascms.se has address 94.247.170.170 > host wpad.stadsnat.se Host wpad.stadsnat.se not found: 3(NXDOMAIN) And again - stadsnat.se is NOT an ISP. -- Sandman[.net]