On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 2:01 PM, GESBBB <[email protected]> wrote: > > From: Andrew Gould [email protected] > > > > What information should I send to an ab...@* address when reporting a > > break-in attempt? > > > > My logs show a dictionary attack of invalid user names against port 22. > I > > obtained an ab...@* email address using 'whois' and reported the > beginning > > and ending date/times and the originating IP address. > > > > Is there any other information I need to send? Is there someone else I > > should notify? > > > > Most of the attacks I receive are from other continents, so I just block > the > > network range found via 'whois'. In this case, the IP address is fairly > > local, so I'm hesitant to block the entire range. > > There are some applications that you might want to install that can help. > Personally, I have found reporting the abuse virtually useless. I use to > just include the entire log with the data that pertained to the user in > question; however, that just proved a waste of time. > > If you are using 'passwords' to access your account, you might want to > consider using certificates instead. That is far safer than using a password > that eventually can be cracked. > > -- > Jerry >
Yes, it's probably time to move to certificates. Thanks for the suggestion. Andrew _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
