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COM/DCOM and OLE Automation
Title:
Sending faxes - a security issue
Hi All,
those of you, who send faxes via createobject("Faxserver.faxserver") object it is obvious how easy it is to send a fax even via a remote server.
To connect to a fax server and submit a fax doc, you have enough an IP address:
oFax=createobject("FaxServer.FaxServer")
oFax.Connect(anyIPaddress)
So, here comes the security issue. By default, all Small Business Server 2000 is configured to grant for everyone a "to-submit-normal-priority-faxes" right. So, If the administrator leave the original settings, somebody can send via your fax server many faxes all over the world.
So, if you are the person in charge for server like this, do not forget to re-configure it! (Unfortunately I have forgotten)
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