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Re: /var/log/maillog
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jan Carlson)
Wed Nov 11 16:58:40 1998
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1998 16:48:03 -0500
From: Jan Carlson <janc@iname.com>
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Nitesh Dhanjani wrote:
> hello,
>
> found this in my maillog, any idea what these are?
>
> Nov 9 21:35:10 shrine imapd[2740]: command stream end of file, while
> reading li
> ne user=??? host=pool025-max3.ds8-ca-us.dialup.earthlink.net
> [209.178.2.25]
>
> Nov 10 21:45:49 shrine imapd[923]: command stream end of file, while
> reading lin
> e user=??? host=mars.med.Virginia.EDU [128.143.16.136]
Possibly someone telnetting to your smtp port,
to see if you are an easy target.
Get all upgrades for your RH installed, and
read up on /etc/hosts.deny, to reduce the chance
of getting hacked.
>
>
> thanks!
> nitesh.
>
> ps: no one else has an account on this machine except me and i have never
> tried to do anything from earthilink.net OR virginia.edu
>
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