On Tue, December 22, 2009 8:35 am, Andresen, Jason R. wrote: > Squirrel wrote: > >> most likely could be some kind of remote code execution or SQLi executed in >> the context of some php scripts, you should audit php code of your web >> interface and of the websites you host. also consider the strenght of your >> passwords, lots of login attempts to ssh/ftp may mean a he has tried a >> bruteforce (or a dictionary attack maybe). you should also check webmin logs, >> there are a few bruteforcer for webmin out there, (*hint*) consider the >> lenght >> of your average password if it's more than 7-8 characters aplhanumeric with >> simbols most likely this isn't the case. > > While it's true that it's a good idea to check your password strength, pretty > much any host connected to the internet is going to be hit daily by bots > looking for weak passwords. It's one area where you logs don't help much > because there is too much noise. That's why there's GREP(1), AWK(1), FIND(1), TAIL(1), and CAT(1) Consider the following... adding the following to your /etc/rc.conf:
# SECURITY RELATED #################################### syslogd_flags="-ss" log_in_vain="YES" tcp_keepalive="YES" now your log file will /really/ sing (log_in_vain="YES"). Of course, unless you have a great deal of time on your hands, visually parsing that "noisy" log will be quite tedious, and time consuming. So you have a few options... If your running X11, simply run tail in a root window - there are quite a few utilities in ports for doing just this - some that'll only write messages you want to see. You could also create a script out of cron that will only produce messages you are interested in, for example: ~# cat /var/log/messages | ssh will emit any attempt to ssh into your box you can also redirect the messages to a file: ~# cat /var/log/messages | ssh >>~/EVIL_DOERS You could also add en entry to PERIODIC(8) that will provide a daily report on any attempts you are interested in. HTH --Chris H > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"