Eric Crist wrote:
-Original Message-
From: Mike Bruce [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, August 08, 2004 7:32 AM
To: 'Eric Crist'
Subject: RE: Hacker Scans - Advice requested
Many thanks Eric
I've looked through the documentation and it is not entirely
clear how to
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> Is there any way that this can be prevented without impairing the
> services provided by the operating system.
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they check passwords from dictionary etc.
my advice (i did the same, while i've got scans for "guest" and "test"):
make such account with very simple one word password home /nonexi
> -Original Message-
> From: Mike Bruce [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Sunday, August 08, 2004 7:32 AM
> To: 'Eric Crist'
> Subject: RE: Hacker Scans - Advice requested
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>
> Many thanks Eric
>
> I've looked through the documentation and it i
On 2004-08-08 06:16:19 +0100, Mike Bruce wrote:
> Please can you help me?
>
> I am getting increasingly plagued by this message in my security log on
> my V4 installations of FreeBSD
>
> 06:48:53 mail sshd[18617]: Failed password for illegal user admin from
> 210.3.4.71 port 39741 ssh2 Aug 7
> -Original Message-
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mike Bruce
> Sent: Sunday, August 08, 2004 12:16 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Hacker Scans - Advice requested
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> Please can you help me?
>
> I am getting increasingly plagued by this message
