[99855] in RedHat Linux List
RE: security advice requested
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Fred W. Noltie Jr.)
Tue Nov 17 10:59:38 1998
From: "Fred W. Noltie Jr." <criterion-consulting@usinternet.com>
To: <redhat-list@redhat.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1998 10:01:15 -0600
In-Reply-To: <36518A3D.ABFA3A48@twopoint.com>
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Hello, and thank you for the reply:
# "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.
#
#
Here's my follow-up: I did contact the ISP, presenting them with the
evidence of the logs. I agree that this seems to be the right thing to do.
My other question -- is there a "standard" address to which things of this
sort ought to be addressed? We have postmaster for mail problems and
webmaster for website troubles; what about security stuff?
Thanks again,
Fred
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