Since you're a student, and probably have no need to have any services running, I would also suggest turning off all of your services, too.
(Maybe leave SSH running if you have a need to reach your box remotely.) Paul On Thu, 2 May 2002, David Talkington wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Robert Canary wrote: > > >I would start by asking to see the evidence. Some people see multiple > >ftp failures and think it is an attack. > > And if it was, in fact, your machine, then do this: > > 1. Wipe it and reinstall, and choose the 'medium' firewall. > 2. Apply all available updates immediately. > 3. Use new (strong) passwords. > > - -d > > - -- > David Talkington > > PGP key: http://www.prairienet.org/~dtalk/0xCA4C11AD.pgp > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: PGP 6.5.8 > Comment: Made with pgp4pine 1.75-6 > > iQA/AwUBPNGMGL9BpdPKTBGtEQKJYwCdEG6la6F7vdoOd78y/biHEoYzsQQAnjAx > ehGHbT5o4h5teH0Dhnn1DJT9 > =fkka > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Redhat-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
