Mukund spewed into the ether:
> If your machine is connected to net, then only blocking telnetd
> will not serve the problem. You need to closely examine the box.
>Use nmap or netstat to find open port. Keep the required port open
nmap from outside, netstat for the connections to that port, and lsof to know which
program is listening to that port.
>for ftp
>ftpd 21
You forgot the ftp-data port (20)
sshd 22.
>Put the firewall block unwanted IP.
And be careful about using a ftp connection then.
You can break passive mode completely, unless you have proftpd with the passive ports
patch enabled.
>Finally keep a close watch on log files.
May I recommend logcheck for this? Its a cron job shell script, and
quite good.
Devdas Bhagat
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