[95349] in RedHat Linux List
Re: Off-topic: Break-in attempts
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jeff Corwin)
Sat Oct 17 05:33:01 1998
Date: Sat, 17 Oct 1998 05:32:37 -0400
From: Jeff Corwin <jcorwin@home.com>
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> I have noticed a growing number of attempted break-ins on our firewall
> since last year. I just have a few questions and comments:
>
> 1) Is everybody else noticing this? This gets very frustrating that
> these people don't have anything else better to do...
>
<<snip>>
I have a permanent internet connection at home via a cable modem.
Because I was hacked into last year due to the bind exploit, I have
disabled all outside access in my /etc/hosts.deny file. I check my
/var/log/secure file regularly, and almost almost every day, access
attempts are made. Many of these attempts will use every possible port
and protocol to get access. Since my IP address is not published
anywhere, I'm reasonably sure that most of these access attempts, which
are all denied, are not for legitimate purposes.
>
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Jeff Corwin
Technical Manager
ABC News
Washington, DC
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