On Thursday 17 June 2004 08:31 am, Lanman wrote: > For instance, I'm constantly getting people trying (and failing)to > connect to my network from China, and Amsterdam. A quick check at > "arin.net" tells me where it's coming from and allows me to block their > IP's in my firewall. Afterwards, they're just a distant memory.
A lot of the China and Amsterdam hack attempts are coming through open proxies. That doesn't mean that it isn't necessary to block the attempts but putting them permanently in a firewall will eventually ban what might become legitimate traffic once the clueless admin figures out how to secure their system. However, Your Server, Your Rules. -- Bryan Phinney Software Test Engineer
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