[ofa-general] Re: [ewg] STOP the onslaught of EWG spam

[Jeff Squyres]

I didn't change any of the list passwords, just the "master" mailman  
password.  The master password should not be shared outside of the  
sysadmins (Jeff Becker).  I am not the normal sysadmin; Jeff B. is.  I  
only took action to save our inboxes over the weekend.  I did send  
Jeff B. the new master password.

If Jeff B. is indisposed, I'd be happy to reset any individual list  
passwords that you might need.



On Aug 19, 2008, at 9:07 AM, Ryan, Jim wrote:

> I sent the note below to the wrong Jeff, sorry. We still aren't  
> closed on this. I don't have access to provide approval I typically  
> need to do. Is anyone working this?
>
> Jim
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ewg-bounces at lists.openfabrics.org [mailto:ewg-bounces at lists.openfabrics.org 
> ] On Behalf Of Ryan, Jim
> Sent: Monday, August 18, 2008 4:03 PM
> To: Bill Boas; 'Jeff Squyres'; 'OpenFabrics EWG'; 'OpenFabrics  
> General'
> Subject: RE: [ewg] STOP the onslaught of EWG spam
>
> I got 'em too. Jeff, when you can, plz send the new pswd to me. I  
> can't do my admin duties at the moment
>
> Tx, j
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ewg-bounces at lists.openfabrics.org [mailto:ewg-bounces at lists.openfabrics.org 
> ] On Behalf Of Bill Boas
> Sent: Sunday, August 17, 2008 4:19 PM
> To: 'Jeff Squyres'; 'OpenFabrics EWG'; 'OpenFabrics General'
> Subject: RE: [ewg] STOP the onslaught of EWG spam
>
> Thank you very much Jeff, and thank you for taking this action on  
> the other
> mail lists which were probably just as vulnerable - I has over 3400  
> "spam"
> messages - did others have as many, or was I targeted? :-)!!!
> Bill Boas
> VP, Business  Development
> System Fabric Works
> 510-375-8840
> bboas at systemfabricworks.com
> www.systemfabricworks.com
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ewg-bounces at lists.openfabrics.org
> [mailto:ewg-bounces at lists.openfabrics.org] On Behalf Of Jeff Squyres
> Sent: Sunday, August 17, 2008 5:21 AM
> To: OpenFabrics EWG; OpenFabrics General
> Subject: [ewg] STOP the onslaught of EWG spam
>
> The EWG list has gotten spam bombed over the last few hours.  I lost
> count at 500+ spams in my inbox.
>
> I therefore logged into openfabrics.org and changed the site-wide
> password for Mailman (I have notified Jeff Becker of the new
> password).  I then changed the EWG list to silently discard all non-
> member posts.  Since I didn't know if other OF lists were being spam-
> bombed, I did the same for all OF lists as well.
>
> The spam onslaught has now stopped.
>
> I also notice that our mailmain installation is hopelessly out of
> date; it's v2.1.5 and the current version (including several important
> security fixes since v2.1.5) is v2.1.11.  Someone needs to fix this
> ASAP.
>
> --
> Jeff Squyres
> Cisco Systems
>
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Jeff Squyres
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