On Mon, Dec 08, 2008, Mohan wrote: >Hi, > >I find some times strange logs in logwatch mail especially under the pam >field
Perhaps somebody is trying a dictionary attack against the IMAP or POP server. Everybody knows to look for probes against sshd, but may forget that the crackers can also try to find working user accounts and passwords by probing the mail servers. Bill -- INTERNET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bill Campbell; Celestial Software LLC URL: http://www.celestial.com/ PO Box 820; 6641 E. Mercer Way Voice: (206) 236-1676 Mercer Island, WA 98040-0820 Fax: (206) 232-9186 The children who know how to think for themselves spoil the harmony of the collective society that is coming, where everyone would be interdependent. 1899 John Dewey, educational philosopher, proponent of modern public schools. _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
