"Robin Regennitter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 09/12/2000 01:29:59 PM
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Subject: [newbie] Hacker on Licq
Hi Rob,
Open ports can be filtered for specific IP's etc through the use of IP
chains... however, if they actually gained access _becasue_ of licq this
would have to be something you _might_ have to report to the developers as
a security hole. However ipchains is still a good idea (Search for the
howto on ipchains) ... Another suggestion (until you can set up some rules
in ipchains) is to grap some utilities from psionic .. namely "Port Sentry"
This will not only log break in attempts based on ports you specify to
monitor ... but will also drop IP's from your routing table preventing
future attempts (I think the URl is www.psionic.com) Good Luck!
Lonny Selinger
Yesterday, some hacker from Spain got into my system and started to hacking
away at some of my linux files especially in Licq files. Also I know that
some of my files in the /usr/share directory has also been manipulated.
There were features that were useless. How do I prevent this from
happening
again? Is there a good firewall program I can use?
Rob
