-----Original Message-----
From: Kastus
On Sat, Nov 01, 2003 at 03:53:01AM -0500, Chris Donaldson wrote:
Kastus wrote:
Hello,
I just received a james virus message originated at fw.suse.com (209.3.226.225) I checked both mail log and firewall log, connection was from 209.3.226.225
Did anybody else receive that? Does it mean that fw.suse.com was compromised?
Generally that just means someone just spoofed the from header on the email and not comprimised anything... It's a pretty simple process and spammers have a habit of doing it fairly regularly.
Spoofing the header is one thing, but spoofing source IP address in TCP connection is a different thing. Please read my post again.
In my case, the TCP connection to port 25 was coming from 209.3.226.225, which resolves to fw.suse.com.
This fact raised my suspicions. It means either that DNS is compromised, or fw.suse.com host is compromised.
Thanks, -Kastus
I have to agree with Kastus. I also received one of these and it went ot my home address which is given out very little. One case of it being used was for the purchase of the 9.0 upgrade. Seems rather strange that the fw.suse.com site comes up in the email AND names of suse users or purchasers. Ken Schneider