Dennis, they do trace back to actual players. I know that the internet is swarmed with automated attacks, and I ignore those as well. I'm specifically referring to attacks that easily trace back to Swamp players that have been banned.
One of the 2 recent attacks left enough information that I confronted the guy on Skype about it. Of course he denied it, but made a few smug statements that were clearly to rub it in my face without actually confessing anything. - Aprone > From: Dennis Towne <[email protected]> > Jeremy, > > It's highly unlikely that the attacks you're seeing are from > your > players. There's not really any incentive for them, > and direct > attacks are so easy to track back that if it were one of > your players, > you should be able to smash them easily. > > I say this because we get literally thousands of such > attacks a month > on the Alter Aeon server. They come from all over the > world and in > all different types, from attempts on our forum and wiki to > portscans > to common backdoors and brute force ssh login > attempts. The automated > attack of login names and passwords hits us between five and > ten times > daily. I don't even bother to pay attention to the > reports on that > anymore. > > > Dennis Towne > > Alter Aeon MUD > http://www.alteraeon.com --- Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [email protected]. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to [email protected].
