On Sun, 11 Feb 2001, you wrote:
> I have to say it: If that is *ALL* that you have in your logs, then you
> are either really lucky, or not logging enough. I average 15-20 port
> scans a day, plus various blind connection attempts, DoS attack
> attempts, buffer overflow attempts, etc. I would kill to only have two
> failed connections in two days ;-)
[please excuse my shouting]
THIS HAPPENED BECAUSE I LET IT HAPPEN. IF YOU LET IT HAPPEN TO YOU THEN YOU
HAVE TO DEAL WITH IT. MY POINT WAS IF YOU LET IT HAPPEN IT MIGHT 'CUZ IT CAN
AND DOES HAPPEN.
[end my shouting]
All of you cluefull folks should start several new and interesting threads. I
only wanted to warn newbies that it's a nasty world out there. Even I know
better, I just wanted to check my mail. Ten minutes with no defenses is all it
takes.
[ start next usefull message]
Don't forget Valentine's day.
[end next useful message]
>
>
> "David L. Roberts" wrote:
> > Made me look...
> >
> > I just noticed a little activity the past few days as well (my
> > system is up in M$ most of the time as I'm about the only one who
> > runs Linux here) - found these in the logs:
> >
> > Feb 9 20:46:09 ria in.ftpd[5195]: refused connect from
> > p3EE0E44B.dip.t-dialin.net
> > .
> > .
> > .
> > Feb 11 13:43:19 ria in.telnetd[1114]: refused connect from
> > sarua.uniandes.edu.co
> >
> > I'm sure if I looked I would see a lot more notes in my BlackIce
> > logs. I know - I shoulda had ftp/telnet off and BlackIce ain't
> > worth a <deleted>, but... I do have 'em turned off now though,
> > and BlackIce is all I currently have (was up to date on all my
> > patches though ;)
> >
> > D. Roberts
>
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