Thanks for all the inputs. I decided to block the ip since it wasn't stopping. I was trying to prevent it from becoming a real DOS problem. OVH responded na however. They detected a hack on their systems, they turned the server into safe mode na.
Salamat sa Linux at iptables. Hehehe. From, Danny Ching On Oct 21, 2011, at 5:05 PM, fooler mail <[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 3:27 PM, Fernando D. Contreras Jr. > <[email protected]> wrote: >> Prevention is always better than cure. > > true but doesnt solve the problem if he blocked a single source IP if > his web server has a vulnerability and besides adding acl degrades its > network (make it simple and minimal).... that is why i suggested to > danny to update the latest security patches to his web server as it > just normal for hackers probing and scanning his web server from time > to time... so.. no.. that is not the way do it by blocking a single > ip.... > > fooler. > _________________________________________________ > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug > Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
