A common scenario. I don't know which department called you, but my department watches a monitor that compares hosts on the network by how much % of the bandwidth they use. We have grown accustomed to certain hosts being at the top, and only start raising eyebrows when new hosts show up (it doesn't happen often though so we keep our eyebrows down most of the time.)
In one case a new host showed up and we called the CSR over the server and told them it was using a high amount of traffic, they told us it was their webserver and it shouldn't be too much of a concern. When I mentioned how much traffic it was using though, he about swallowed the telephone, yelled to his boss' back office, and came back on the line and said they would shut the thing down and image it. So if we keep our mouths shut, we let servers that may be compromised go unnoticed, if we open our mouths, we sometimes contact the users with a valid server (such as yours). %$#ned if you do, and %$#ned if you don't. :D -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Alan John Patton Sent: Sunday, December 04, 2005 9:15 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Re: [uug] BYU net authentication. >>>From what I've heard, at least in the CS dept, OIT has been doing thison and off during this semester. I've also heard of OIT blocking port 80 for the cs dept.I'm not one of the sysadmins --- they could probably provide betterinfo than I could... These are just some rumors that I've heard fromrather reliable sources. Torrie appears to be having the same problemfrom the chem dept as well... Very interesting... <<< I work on campus where we have a public linux webserver and twice I have been called too be told that we were getting unusually high traffic on port 80. I was told that a virus, and then a root kit when I mentioned the word linux, must be the culprit and that I had to fix it or my port would be shut down. Upon the explanation that it was a web server and we use port 80 for web traffic I didn't hear from them again until the following fall semester (where I assume a new student took the position). -----Original Message----- From: TuxGirl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: BYU Unix Users Group <[email protected]> Date: Sat, 03 Dec 2005 23:56:01 -0700 Subject: Re: [uug] BYU net authentication. > Interesting... How long ago were you blocked for having multiple SSH > connections? Were you notified? How long did it take them to block you? > I've never heard of that policy, but I don't work in the securities group > so... > > I've been able to use more than 4 SSH connections, but I am at special > workstations... >From what I've heard, at least in the CS dept, OIT has been doing this on and off during this semester. I've also heard of OIT blocking port 80 for the cs dept. I'm not one of the sysadmins --- they could probably provide better info than I could... These are just some rumors that I've heard from rather reliable sources. Torrie appears to be having the same problem from the chem dept as well... Very interesting... Doesn't appear to be happening in the cs dept at the moment, but I do know it has happened in the not-too-distant past (past couple weeks or so?) -------------------- BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ The opinions expressed in this message are the responsibility of their author. They are not endorsed by BYU, the BYU CS Department or BYU-UUG. ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list -------------------- BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ The opinions expressed in this message are the responsibility of their author. They are not endorsed by BYU, the BYU CS Department or BYU-UUG. ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list -------------------- BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ The opinions expressed in this message are the responsibility of their author. They are not endorsed by BYU, the BYU CS Department or BYU-UUG. ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
