full-disclosure - Why are postmasters distributing the MyDoom virus?

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite for Android: free password hash cracker in your pocket

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

From: pauls at utdallas.edu (Paul Schmehl)
Subject: Why are postmasters distributing the MyDoom
 virus?

--On Saturday, February 7, 2004 2:15 PM -0500 "Richard M. Smith" 
<rms@...puterbytesman.com> wrote:
>
> It looks like some postmasters are in the virus distribution business
> pretty much like the MyDoom virus itself.  Perhaps these postmasters need
> to review their bounce message policies and remove all attached files
> from messages being bounced.
>
Richard, did you happen to note what MTAs were used?  I suspect it's a 
function of the software or default configuration rather than something 
postmasters deliberately setup.

Paul Schmehl (pauls@...allas.edu)
Adjunct Information Security Officer
The University of Texas at Dallas
AVIEN Founding Member
http://www.utdallas.edu