can i stop all such scanning with iptables ?

arvind
----- Original Message -----
From: "Suresh Ramasubramanian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2002 11:44 AM
Subject: Re: [LIH]logwatch logs


| "Arvind" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
|
| > Did not receive
| >  identification string from 203.199.200.31. May  9 16:42:26
| > ns1 sshd[7748]: scanned from 203.199.200.31 with
SSH-1.0-SSH_Version_Mapper.
| > Don't panic.
| > what could be the motive of a person who is scanning with
| > SSH-1.0-SSH_Version_Mapper ?
| > what does this scanning do ?
|
| Someone is out there scanning for older, insecure openssh versions.
| If you are running such a version, next step would be for the kiddie to
| come in and crack your box wide open.
|
|      -srs
|
| --
| Suresh Ramasubramanian  <---->  mallet <at> efn dot org
| EMail Sturmbannfuhrer, Lower Middle Class Unix Sysadmin
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