On Wed, 2 Mar 2005, Eugene M. Minkovskii wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 02, 2005 at 08:00:13AM +0100, Stevan Tiefert wrote: > " Hello list, > " > " when I am watching the /var/log/auth.log I see many missed logins from > " IP-addresses I never tried to login from. Am I right that they is a hacker > " trying to login on my mashine, because he was using loginnames I never > " created on my mashine like patrick, lydia, green, admin, and so on...? > " > " With regards > " Stevan Tiefert > > It seems to you are right. If you know that you go to you mashine > only from one or two IP, you can write it in your firewall. For > example, if you use ipfw: > > ext_if=rl0 > trusted_ip=1.2.3.4,3.4.2.1 > ipfw add allow tcp from $trusted_ip to me ssh in recv $ext_if > ipfw add allow tcp from me ssh to $trusted_ip out xmit $ext_if > > Or something else. > > > " _______________________________________________ > " freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > " http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > " To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > > -- > Sensory yours, Eugene Minkovskii > Сенсорно ваш, Евгений Миньковский > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > Thanks Eugene, but I can not close myself out with a firewall. I need the access to my system over the internet. Am I right that in this case, only a good password is protecting me? With regards Stevan Tiefert _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"