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Re: [cobalt-security] poprelay: serious security bug



Robert,

> I don't like what I'm reading here, hope cobalt can fix this very soon.
> However in the mean time is there a way to temp shut down pop-before-smtp
??
>
> Cause when I place a check in the box to allow poprelay  and save the
check
> is gone, so not sure wheter it is running or not. Trial and error is not
> secure enough I think.

1. TELNET/SSH in and su to root.
2. Issue:
ps axf | grep poprelayd

3. If it returns something like:
  531 ?        S      0:00 perl /usr/local/sbin/poprelayd -d
then it's still running. If it returns nothing, it's not.

Regards,
Jonathan Michaelson
Commercial Perl CGI Scripting