Re: Battle of Spam

From: Date: Mon, 07 Jun 2010 20:35:27 +0000
Subject: Re: Battle of Spam
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Brian Dunning wrote: > Hey - It looks like a PHP form on my server is insecure and is being used to send spam. This is > Rackspace's best guess. The problem is there are SO MANY forms on all the web sites on this > server that it would be a nightmare task to try and look at them all to be sure they're > properly secured. > > Is anyone aware of a way to shortcut this process, maybe find out what script(s) are being > attacked to send the spam? > > :-( > > Usually it isn't your "php/html form" that is insecure, it is the processing script that processes said form. Change all the forms to use a single processing script and then you won't have such a big problem tracking down the "information processing error/insecurity" that you are having. -- Jim Lucas A: Maybe because some people are too annoyed by top-posting. Q: Why do I not get an answer to my question(s)? A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?

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