On Sat, Jan 30, 2010 at 6:47 AM, Bobby Mac <[email protected]> wrote: > Hola Nanog: > > So after many years of a hiatus from Linux, I recently dropped XP in favour > of Fedora. Now that my happy windows blinders are off, I see alarming > things. Ugly ssh brute force, DNS server IP spoofing with scans and typical > script kiddie tactics. > > What are the new set of best practices for those running a NIX home > computer. Yes I have a firewall and I do peruse my logs on a regular > basis. > > BTW: ever drop a malformed URL to alert an admin to some thing that sucks? > w3.hp.com/execs/makes/too/much/money or > www.yourbuddiesdomain.com/it/is/all/rfc/space/use/1918/when/referring/to/non/routable > > Thanks, > BobbyMac >
Hello Bobby, Take a look at http://www.fail2ban.org and http://denyhosts.sourceforge.net. I'm not Chinese but I'm sure that brute-force attacks come from all over the world. Here's a little from my logwatch. Refused incoming connections: 211.234.60.44 (211.234.60.44): 1 Time(s) 218.3.88.114 (218.3.88.114): 1 Time(s) 58.68.119.187 (58.68.119.187): 2 Time(s) 89.149.149.132 (89.149.149.132): 5 Time(s) net137-143.paichai.ac.kr (203.250.137.143): 1 Time(s) Regards, Bazy
