Yeah, it probably means that someone has anonymous ftp running for no good reason.... Consider not allowing anonymous connections, you'll see the number of failed (occasionally, sucessful) attempts to d/l sensitive files drop considerably. Better yet, don't run ftpd at all....
- Jared On Thu, 17 Jan 2002, Dr Bado wrote: > Can someone decipher this?? > > > > Jan 8 09:47:46 ftp ftpd[17283]: [ID 575915 daemon.notice] ftp of > ACB026FC.ipt.aol.com > [172.176.38.252] tried to download /exdsk/ftp/etc/passwd > > Jan 9 12:16:00 ftp ftpd[18122]: [ID 575915 daemon.notice] ftp of > sandbox.fis.adp.com > [38.218.181.113] tried to download /exdsk/ftp/incoming/.tmp > > >
