it was said: >These types of attacks don't seem directed -- it's more like fishing >for unprotected systems. > >FWIW, changing the ssh port dropped the illegal user attempts to 0 >instantly... > >- ben > >On Mon, 10 Jan 2005 23:29:10 -0800, Ted Mittelstaedt > ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> If I'm going to attack you I'm going to use nessus to scan all >> ports on your machine.
Hello, Too many break-in attempts come from cracked Windows boxes running script bots to make reporting these attempts practical, so I changed my ssh port to a non-standard one. Now, if I see a break-in attempt, I block the /21 the attacking IP falls into and report it to the relevant ISP/network admin because I know a black hat has taken a personal interest in my network. Regards, Stheg __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Helps protect you from nasty viruses. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"