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Re: Off-topic: Break-in attempts

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Pete)
Mon Oct 26 05:26:47 1998

From: "Pete" <plaven@idl.net.au>
To: redhat-list@redhat.com
Date: Mon, 26 Oct 1998 21:26:40 +1100
Reply-to: plaven@idl.net.au
In-reply-to: <4.1.0.67.19981017053920.009ff890@199.234.203.131>
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> Being an ex-hacker, I used to scan entire class b's and c's for hackable
> machines. It would appear that's what happening to your machine, being
> probed for any and all weaknesses. Only thing I can tell you is do NOT run
> services that you never use. :-)

What generates the secure log file?  Might be time I investigated 
system security.. :)


Pete

In a world with out fences, who needs Gates?


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