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mysterious files appeared... computer "seemed" to run slow
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PostPosted: Wed 30 Dec 2009, 03:29    Post subject:  mysterious files appeared... computer "seemed" to run slow  
mysterious files appeared... computer "seemed" to run slow

On Puppy 4.3.1, had been browsing with Seamonkey 1.1.18

May be nothing, but I discovered the following strange folder in /tmp

/tmp/plugtmp

which contained two files:

1. plugin-crossdomain

and

2. plugin-policy

File 1 contained:

Code:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE cross-domain-policy
  SYSTEM "http://www.macromedia.com/xml/dtds/cross-domain-policy.dtd">
<cross-domain-policy>
  <allow-access-from domain="*.amazon.com" />
  <allow-access-from domain="amazon.com" />
  <allow-access-from domain="www.amazon.com" />
  <allow-access-from domain="pre-prod.amazon.com" />
  <allow-access-from domain="devo.amazon.com" />
  <allow-access-from domain="anon.amazon.speedera.net" />
  <allow-access-from domain="*.images-amazon.com" />
  <allow-access-from domain="*.ssl-images-amazon.com" />

  <allow-access-from domain="*.amazon.ca" />
  <allow-access-from domain="*.amazon.de" />
  <allow-access-from domain="*.amazon.fr" />
  <allow-access-from domain="*.amazon.jp" />
  <allow-access-from domain="*.amazon.co.jp" />
  <allow-access-from domain="*.amazon.uk" />
  <allow-access-from domain="*.amazon.co.uk" />
</cross-domain-policy>


and File 2:
Code:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<cross-domain-policy>
  <allow-access-from domain="*" to-ports="*" />
</cross-domain-policy>


I don't like the look of the: access-from "*" and to-ports="*"...

Perhaps it is nothing, but if it is... If only I weren't so tired I'd set about catching the bastards and seeing if I could throw back some of their own medicine. But please tell me these are well known file, and nothing of concern! :-)

I erased the folder (rebooted actually) and all seems fine, though I will spend ten minutes or so soon re-placing the existing pupsave file with my original backup. Not much time lost, but always a waste when trying to develop apps.
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PostPosted: Wed 30 Dec 2009, 04:44    Post subject: Re: mysterious files appeared... computer "seemed" to run slow  
mcewanw wrote:
I don't like the look of the: access-from "*" and to-ports="*"...

Perhaps it is nothing, but if it is... If only I weren't so tired I'd set about catching the bastards and seeing if I could throw back some of their own medicine. But please tell me these are well known file, and nothing of concern! Smile

Part of a global DDoS attack on Amazon. For more information see the following story:
Amazon hit with DDoS attack
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PostPosted: Wed 30 Dec 2009, 05:55    Post subject:  
Well..., I doubt that my slow dialup account connection provided them with much ammunition...
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PostPosted: Wed 30 Dec 2009, 07:09    Post subject:  
Nice example of how running as root and being online comprises real security risks. Just because you can reboot and not have those things carried over into the reboot, doesn't mean that you aren't contributing to some spambots' shenannigins while up and running.... Usually overlooked in the discussions on security here.
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PostPosted: Wed 30 Dec 2009, 19:13    Post subject:  
amigo wrote:
Nice example of how running as root and being online comprises real security risks.

The question for me is whether or not mcewanw had his firewall enabled. It's a small but important step that can prevent such things from happening without compromising speed for a dialup connection. Just a thought.
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PostPosted: Wed 30 Dec 2009, 20:52    Post subject:  
Quote:
1. plugin-crossdomain

and

2. plugin-policy

these are both normal files from flashplayer usage...they allow flashplayer to use data from a site different to the one it is hosted on and they reside in the root of the webserver. I use them for a chatroom myself

So they are harmless.....

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PostPosted: Wed 30 Dec 2009, 22:05    Post subject:  
Could we have been saved from these harmless files by:

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PostPosted: Fri 01 Jan 2010, 18:00    Post subject: Solved? (this time round anyway).  
mcewanw wrote:
But please tell me these are well known file, and nothing of concern! :-)


mikeb wrote:
these are both normal files from flashplayer usage...
. . .
So they are harmless.....

mike


Thank you Mike. :-)

Of course, had they been other than that, they could and would have been a good example of the dangers to overall system security of running as root whilst online, so your point amigo is well-taken regardless of the outcome here. And firewall settings can help, at least to some extent, against that danger, though not eradicate it.

Indeed, though my worries regarding these two files have been eradicated, it remains a concern to me that my system did indeed become insanely sluggish, and though it may very well be a complete coincidence, that sluggishness did appear to coincide with the timing of the amazon DoS attack described. The way computers are, however, I do put that down to likely coincidence...
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PostPosted: Fri 01 Jan 2010, 18:53    Post subject:  
Well perhaps the sluggishness simply came from heavy flash activity..I find flashbock a godsend....some pages have invisible flash running for whatever purposes...you see them with flash block installed . Some pages go from 100%cpu to ticking over just with the flash disabled.
Not so much a security issue , more an annoyance.
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