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Contents 1 why NOT to do things described here 2 bad practice lessons 2.1 how to loose your emails 2.1.1 expected results 2.2 how to loose your user+domain-lists 2.2.1 expected results 2.3 how to become the spammer :) 2.3.1 expected results 2.3.2 use default passwords 2.3.3 permit world access to admin-interfaces 2.4 how to break your system 2.4.1 expected results

why NOT to do things described here

Here you will get information on what NOT to do

These articles are just informational - we try to implement your feedback and also to provide links to more informations on how to make it better. Maybe you want also read the other side: Good Practise

dd if=/dev/null of=/dev/user count=manytimes results alway in garbage
the files called README have a reason they are called that way :)
maybe you want to see why ...

and yes - as always you have been warned ... copy & pasting on your own risk
maybe one more hint: "this is BAD practice"

bad practice lessons

how to loose your emails

expected results

• your emails are gone

how to loose your user+domain-lists

expected results

• your useraccounts and domains are gone

how to become the spammer :)

expected results

• your provider (ISP) might lock your account
• you will be blacklisted

use default passwords

use passwords like "password", "admin" or "1234"
this way every brute-force attack is not painful for you as everybody just need seconds to get the proper logins

permit world access to admin-interfaces

permit world access to

• myserver/phpmyadmin
• myserver/phpldapadmin
• myserver/awstats
• myserver/iredadmin

how to break your system

expected results