When hlds's logging is enabled, you get a line for each attempted overflow
attack:

L 08/16/2003 - 11:13:17: boffix: Possible overflow attack from
192.168.0.144

Simply grep your serverlogs for the string "boffix" and you should be
fine.

Kind regards,

Dominic

On Sat, 16 Aug 2003, JGava wrote:

> how does this new patch logs the attacks? in some separate file?
>
> Thanks
>
> J.Gava
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Patrick Lane" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Friday, August 15, 2003 10:52 PM
> Subject: RE: [hlds_linux] boffix v3 - added ip-logging for suspicious
> connect msgs
>
>
> > Here's another mirror:
> >
> > http://www.operationhavoc.net/files/boffix_v3.tar.gz
> >
> > --Patrick
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Virtual
> > Master
> > Sent: Friday, August 15, 2003 5:27 PM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: [hlds_linux] boffix v3 - added ip-logging for suspicious
> > connect msgs
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > after I saw some posts on this list asking for a way of logging the ip's
> > trying to exploit the buffer-overflow in hlds <= 3.1.1.1c, i added this
> > as
> > a feature to my patch.
> >
> > You can grab it at http://mmd.ath.cx/boffix_v3.tar.gz, and like always
> > if
> > there's someone with webspace and enough time to put the file up, I'd
> > appreciate if you host the file (Miklos? ;))
> >
> > There's no change besides the added logging, so if you don't want to see
> > who's trying to crash your server you can stay with the v2 version.
> >
> > Please keep in mind that a packet that triggers my patch is not
> > necessarily an attempt to crash your server - of course it's very
> > likely,
> > because a "normal" half-life client won't produce such a connect msg.
> >
> > This patch is for an _old_ version of hlds, that isn't supported by
> > valve
> > anymore. You use it at your own risk, and without any warranty. Of
> > course
> > there shouldn't be any real problems with the patch, and in all my tests
> > it worked just as expected, but the software is provided as is, and
> > you'll
> > have to live with that.
> >
> > Kind regards,
> >
> > Dominic (Virtual Master)
> >
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