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Re: SV: [cobalt-security] no longer need password
- Subject: Re: SV: [cobalt-security] no longer need password
- From: Mike Vanecek <nospam99@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2002 08:38:41 -0600
- Organization: anonymous
- List-id: Mailing list for users to address network security on Cobalt products. <cobalt-security.list.cobalt.com>
On Sat, 12 Jan 2002 02:12:39 +0100, Michael Stauber <cobalt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
:>Hi Kai,
:>
:>> One of the webmasters that did have such protection have tried several
:>> times to make new ones but the server don?t react at all and is letting
:>> people in like there was no .htaccess file located there.
:>
:>Then I assume the syntax of the .htaccess file he created is wrong. I just
:>had the same with a server where formmail.pl V1.6 was installed and was being
:>abused by Spammers. The webmaster had put a .htaccess file in there, but it
:>still allowed access to /cgi-bin/formmail.pl because the syntax was taken
:>right from a sample Frontpage .htaccess file.
Do you happen to remember the error that was being made in the htaccess file
that caused that to happen? If so, would you please post the error and the
correction.
[snip]
Mike.