At 11:55 PM 9/18/2001, you wrote:
>Interesting, so if it was a Linux worm/etc... then we either turn off or
>watch the server!! There must be someway, but I could be wrong.
>
>Kal
If it were a Linux worm you would make sure you had all patches so the
request would not hurt your server.
It would be nice if we could pick and choose who comes to our sites before
they do it, but it just isn't practical. You can block entire regions by
using IPChains. It doesn't stop them from coming, just being
serviced. You would turn them away at your door. Thus your bandwidth is
still being used somewhat. Just remember, if you start irritating these
people, instead of trying and I did say trying to hack you, they may change
and start a DoS attack instead.
I never got too many hits from them. On a site with hundreds of thousands
of hits I got a bit less than 1500 for a month. The new one from today is
Nimda, I have over 12000 hits (attempted hacks) and 79 code red to 120 for
the site. I think that the 120 pretty high in it self. I normally have
only about 25 hits per day, today almost 13000 with over 3 hours to
go. The hacks didn't start until almost 5 hours in. Thus over 12000 hack
attempts in about 16 hours. What a log! No hurt to the server though.
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