RE: I'd say this is someone trying to find an expolit

2000-09-05 Thread Burke, Thomas G.
so set up specific ports. > -Original Message- > From: J. Scott Kasten [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2000 3:39 PM > To: Scott Kindley > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: I'd say this is someone trying to find an expolit > > > Yeah

Re: I'd say this is someone trying to find an expolit

2000-09-01 Thread J. Scott Kasten
Yeah, it's anoying, but he's probably done no harm yet. The best things to do are to go through your /etc/rc.d/rcX.d where 'X' is your default run level and make sure you've got any uncesary services removed from startup there (the symlinks starting with 'S'). Go through your /etc/inetd.conf an

Re[2]: I'd say this is someone trying to find an expolit

2000-08-30 Thread Yuri Kay
Hello John, Wednesday, August 30, 2000, 14:49:32 zulu, you wrote: JA> I still use the linux box as my primary machine, mainly because I JA> work for a "linux-friendly" local ISP and my machine at work is JA> linux. However, there are, as you pointed out, a few things that JA> still work better u

RE: I'd say this is someone trying to find an expolit

2000-08-30 Thread Burke, Thomas G.
I especially use MicroSloth for games... ;) > -Original Message- > From: John Aldrich [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2000 10:50 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: I'd say this is someone trying to find an expolit > >

RE: I'd say this is someone trying to find an expolit

2000-08-30 Thread John Aldrich
On Wed, 30 Aug 2000, Burke, Thomas G. wrote: > Yes, you and everyone else who is hacking on me for having a winblows box in > my house is correct. Anything Sam Spade can do I can do at the command line > on my LINUX server. > Thomas: I don't think anyone is blaming you for running a windows box.

RE: I'd say this is someone trying to find an expolit

2000-08-30 Thread John Aldrich
On Wed, 30 Aug 2000, Scott Kindley wrote: > Hu..then I'll leave that option for people who choose to > use a Microsoft OS for their server needs. As for me, well I only use > Linux for my server. Although I do use an NT workstation client at home > and at IUPUI for school matters I pre

Re: Great tip John Aldrich (was)RE: I'd say this is someone trying to find an expolit

2000-08-30 Thread John Aldrich
On Wed, 30 Aug 2000, Scott Kindley wrote: > >Subject: Re: I'd say this is someone trying to find an expolit > (snip) > >whois @whois.arin.net > > John > > Great tip. Thanks John > > Heh. :-) I use that all the time... or used to before I discovered

RE: I'd say this is someone trying to find an expolit

2000-08-30 Thread Burke, Thomas G.
ake life easier? This one certainly does that, regardless of the platform it's on... Sorry, I guess I'm in a pissy mood today... > -Original Message- > From: Scott Kindley [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2000 12:34 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >

RE: I'd say this is someone trying to find an expolit

2000-08-30 Thread Scott Kindley
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 >-Original Message- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Burke, Thomas G. >Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2000 3:18 PM >To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' >Subject: RE: I'd say this is

Great tip John Aldrich (was)RE: I'd say this is someone trying to find an expolit

2000-08-29 Thread Scott Kindley
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 >-Original Message- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of John Aldrich >Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2000 2:46 PM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: I'd say this is someone trying to find a

Re: I'd say this is someone trying to find an expolit

2000-08-29 Thread Dan Horth
on the topic of tracking down what's going on I find the tools at: http://combat.uxn.com/ to be very useful in finding out who owns a certain IP and who they're connected through... and like the best stuff in life they're free! :) there's also useful information on how to follow up attempted

RE: I'd say this is someone trying to find an expolit

2000-08-29 Thread John Aldrich
On Tue, 29 Aug 2000, Burke, Thomas G. wrote: > Actually, I've found a _VERY_ nice tool for MS boxes called "Sam Spade" > > Does all sortsa neat stuff... If you have a Windoze box on your network, > I'd look in to getting this, especially since it's free. > I can do just about anything SamSpade

RE: I'd say this is someone trying to find an expolit

2000-08-29 Thread Burke, Thomas G.
AIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2000 3:46 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: I'd say this is someone trying to find an expolit > > On Tue, 29 Aug 2000, Vidiot wrote: > > >Not one of my IP's. Don't know anybody using any IP on that net

Re: I'd say this is someone trying to find an expolit

2000-08-29 Thread John Aldrich
On Tue, 29 Aug 2000, Vidiot wrote: > >Not one of my IP's. Don't know anybody using any IP on that network. > >Any suggestions o how to handle this? It's my first attempt at being > >hacked. I have him blocked with wrappers after a telnet attempt a few > >days ago that I thought looked funny. So fo

RE: I'd say this is someone trying to find an expolit

2000-08-29 Thread Josh Peterson
It looks like your attacker is a QWEST customer they should be able to help you out. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Scott Kindley Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2000 2:20 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: I'd say this is someone tryi

RE: I'd say this is someone trying to find an expolit

2000-08-29 Thread Josh Peterson
: Tuesday, August 29, 2000 2:20 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: I'd say this is someone trying to find an expolit -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Aug 29 04:21:12 ns1 in.telnetd[11975]: refused connect from 63.145.81.31 Aug 29 04:21:12 ns1 in.telnetd[11977]: refused connect

RE: I'd say this is someone trying to find an expolit

2000-08-29 Thread Burke, Thomas G.
MAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: I'd say this is someone trying to find an expolit > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Aug 29 04:21:12 ns1 in.telnetd[11975]: refused connect from > 63.145.81.31 > Aug 29 04:21:12 ns1 in.telnetd[11977]: refused connec

Re: I'd say this is someone trying to find an expolit

2000-08-29 Thread Fred Herman
Scott Kindley wrote: > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Aug 29 04:21:12 ns1 in.telnetd[11975]: refused connect from > 63.145.81.31 > Aug 29 04:21:12 ns1 in.telnetd[11977]: refused connect from > 63.145.81.31 > Aug 29 04:21:12 ns1 in.telnetd[11976]: refused connect from > 63.

Re: I'd say this is someone trying to find an expolit

2000-08-29 Thread Vidiot
>Not one of my IP's. Don't know anybody using any IP on that network. >Any suggestions o how to handle this? It's my first attempt at being >hacked. I have him blocked with wrappers after a telnet attempt a few >days ago that I thought looked funny. So for now I think I'm ok. I have >checked me lo

Re: I'd say this is someone trying to find an expolit

2000-08-29 Thread John Aldrich
On Tue, 29 Aug 2000, Scott Kindley wrote: > > Not one of my IP's. Don't know anybody using any IP on that network. > Any suggestions o how to handle this? It's my first attempt at being > hacked. I have him blocked with wrappers after a telnet attempt a few > days ago that I thought looked funny.

Re: I'd say this is someone trying to find an expolit

2000-08-29 Thread hayward
For best security, you shouldn't use tcp_wrappers to deny just suspicious ones - because at that point it may be too late once you notice it. You should deny all by default and allow only the ones you know to be legitimate connections. Secondly, do you use imap? Is this machine a mail server th

I'd say this is someone trying to find an expolit

2000-08-29 Thread Scott Kindley
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