Charles Farinella wrote:
>
> I found the following in my logs, and while I'm not sure exactly what they
> mean, I find them somewhat disconcerting. Maybe someone can provide a
> clue for the clueless.
>
> >From /var/log/secure:
> Jun 12 15:18:55 farinella in.telnetd[1817]: connect from 64.228.199.113
> and from /var/log/messages:
> Jun 12 15:19:01 farinella telnetd[1817]: ttloop: peer died: Invalid or
> incomplete multibyte or wide character
>
> nslookup translates this IP address to:
> HSE-Montreal-ppp139662.sympatico.ca.
>
> Should I do something about this? I have since closed off telnet.
Yup - report it to sympatico.ca. I've found their abuse department to
be quite helpful and friendly. It sounds like you were scanned for the
existence of an open telnet port.
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Cole Tuininga
Network Admin
Code Energy, Inc
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