LINuser wrote:
Not sure how it happened. Dada was just installed for a few weeks and being tested. I had gone in to give it new passwords, then I restarted sendmail, and restarted the Linode, and then the cgi-bin was gone.
Was going to do a security check right after that, but now no need unless the mass mailer works (may have to re-image).
Had not used backup (extra charge, right?) because I did not even know if the server would work. I'll do a backup after it gets running again. And then a security check.
As others have mentioned you don't need to use the paid backups, but not having any backups means you have lots of free time on your hands.
I use a combination of many backup solutions to provide recovery.
Linode Backup - good for full site restore, not good for individual files
TarBall Backups - run daily of key info and stored on the server for quick access.
Duplicity Backups - rsync like encrypted backups to another server that does full and incremental backups with retention going back a year.
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LINuser wrote:
Not sure how it happened. Dada was just installed for a few weeks and being tested. I had gone in to give it new passwords, then I restarted sendmail, and restarted the Linode, and then the cgi-bin was gone.
Was going to do a security check right after that, but now no need unless the mass mailer works (may have to re-image).
So your existing setup could have a vulnerability but you didn't check because it all seems fine. Living in the fast lane...
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