[100193] in RedHat Linux List
RE: security advice requested
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Paul Pettit)
Wed Nov 18 18:29:35 1998
Reply-To: <paulp@ccbnpts.com>
From: "Paul Pettit" <paulp@ccbnpts.com>
To: "'RedHat List'" <redhat-list@redhat.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1998 17:28:09 -0600
In-Reply-To: <199811171607.IAA10467@belvdere.vip.best.com>
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> David E. Fox [mailto:dfox@belvdere.vip.best.com] wondered:
>
>
> > sort ought to be addressed? We have postmaster for mail problems and
> > webmaster for website troubles; what about security stuff?
>
> Some sites have "abuse@" but mostly for email abuse (i.e.,
> spam) although
> it seems logical to use it for security-related stuff; after all, it
> qualifies as abuse. Most of the larger sites (esp. ISPs) have such
> an address in place, but it's far from universal, unlike postmaster
> or webmaster. Plus, postmaster is required by one of the RFCs; as
> far as I know, no such requirement is in place for abuse.
>
Try hostmaster@, all (most?) domains have to have this defined. Supposedly
the top dog of the domain gets this, though I am sure this is far from 100%.
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