On Sat, Aug 14, 2004 at 04:39:58PM +0200, Alex de Kruijff wrote: > On Wed, Aug 11, 2004 at 07:46:47PM -0500, James A. Coulter wrote: > > This message has been showing up in /var/log/security: > > > > Aug 6 01:56:44 sara /kernel: drop session, too many entries > > Aug 6 16:40:05 sara /kernel: drop session, too many entries > > Aug 7 13:25:23 sara /kernel: drop session, too many entries > > Aug 7 15:32:00 sara /kernel: drop session, too many entries > > Aug 7 15:32:03 sara last message repeated 3 times > > Aug 8 22:30:53 sara /kernel: drop session, too many entries > > Aug 10 19:47:31 sara /kernel: drop session, too many entries > > Aug 11 11:11:46 sara /kernel: drop session, too many entries > > Aug 11 13:08:15 sara /kernel: drop session, too many entries > > Aug 11 13:10:26 sara last message repeated 12 times > > Aug 11 13:20:34 sara last message repeated 55 times > > Aug 11 13:30:00 sara last message repeated 66 times > > Aug 11 16:49:26 sara /kernel: drop session, too many entries > > Aug 11 16:49:58 sara last message repeated 5 times > > Aug 11 16:52:04 sara last message repeated 20 times > > Aug 11 17:02:01 sara last message repeated 93 times > > Aug 11 17:18:01 sara /kernel: drop session, too many entries > > Aug 11 17:23:03 sara /kernel: drop session, too many entries > > > > I'm running FreeBSD 4.10 with IPFW and NAT as a gateway/router/firewall for a home > > LAN. I am the only user (I hope!) with access to this system. > > > > I googled the "drop session" message and found e-mail correspondence indicating > > this message is a result of having too many telnet or ssh sessions open at the > > same time and could be an indication of a DOS attack. > > > > I have disabled telnet in inetd.conf. I am running ftp with anonymous log-in > > disabled and ssh with root login disabled. I am also running apache 1.3. > > > > Is this message something I should investigate further, or is it like the script > > kiddies who scan my ports every night - just something to live with? > > Yes, but I don't think you are likly at risk to have someone bracking in > on you system. You're server proberbly just handle the traffic nicly. > You need to investigate further to find out what is causing this and > what you can do about it. > > P.S. I notices you have very lone lines in you'r mail and use mutt. > Whould you consider adding the following line to .muttrc (and install > vim) so that this is automaticly wraped at 72 char? > > set editor="vim +':set tw=72' +':set ww=<,>,h,l,[,]' %s" > > > -- > Alex
Alex - thanks for the response and for the .muttrc tip. I added it and hopefully my mail will now wrap at 72 characters. Jim _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
