[99884] in RedHat Linux List
Re: security advice requested
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Michael Jinks)
Tue Nov 17 12:32:05 1998
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1998 18:21:46 +0000
From: Michael Jinks <michael@twopoint.com>
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Greg Fall wrote:
>
> I think you should be pretty convinced
> that they illustrate an aggressive and malicious attempt to gain access
> to your computer before you begin reporting it as an incident. .02
Agreed, but Fred has no way of knowing what the real situation is; any
particular site admin often doesn't.
That's the point of communicating with the ISP which owns the
originating addresses, and "tell don't sell"; if this is the only
"incident" that's ever reported with that user, then nothing will come
of it. But if two or three other people send reports which end up
tracing back to the same person, then that person probably should get an
e-mail. Not a black mark in their records, or a bong off of their
account, unless the situation warrants; just a polite reminder that
people don't appreciate having their systems dinked with.
--
Michael Jinks
mailto:michael@twopoint.com http://www.twopoint.com
Systems Administrator, Two Point Conversions, Inc.
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