[99851] in RedHat Linux List
Re: security advice requested
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Michael Jinks)
Tue Nov 17 10:44:34 1998
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1998 14:37:49 +0000
From: Michael Jinks <michael@twopoint.com>
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"Fred W.Noltie Jr." wrote:
>
Well, advice you asked for, advice you shall have. . . bear in mind that
I speak with no more authority than your nearest municipal bus driver.
If I were the operator of the ISP in question, I would want to know
about this. Because although they didn't crack you (this time), they
might crack someone else. Chances are this is just a bored teenager
running a portscan, but whoever it is, you have a time sig and an IP;
the ISP should be able to use that info to find out who that was. It is
then their responsibility to make the decision about whether to act, but
you never know: this might be somebody with a reputation.
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