LOL, I'll spell your name right today :) NO worries, mates. I'm locked down tighter then a frog's bum. I actually have execs complaining it is too tight! Thanks for the offers of help. Nice to know I wasn't the only one getting scanned.
Chris > -----Original Message----- > From: William Stearns [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2003 4:59 PM > To: Chris Santerre > Cc: Spamassassin-Talk (E-mail); William Stearns > Subject: Re: [SAtalk] [OT] Interesting results from emporium :) > > > Good afternoon, Chris, > > On Tue, 29 Jul 2003, Chris Santerre wrote: > > > It seems that since the SA Rule Emporium has been up, I've > been the target > > of many a port scans from our friends in Korea and China. :) > > > > Guess the spammers may not be too happy with me. > > Lock down the machine as best you can, keep it updated with > patches for your OS, and don't stress the rest too much. I'd > be glad to > give you a hand if you'd like it with locking it down or > getting patches > in place. > > > It may not have been originated in Korea. Source port was > 4280, which I > > believe is a Remote port. Could be an rootes machine. No biggy, just > > interesting they started the other day. > > Tough to say. You could be seeing lots of spoofed > packets mixed > in with the few real port scans. > > > Anyone else ever get this after contributing? Devs? > > My spam intake jumped from 120/day before to 180/day > right around > the time I published the spamassassin introduction article. Hmmm. > Thanks for the pointer to the blacklist, by the way. I > appreciate > it. (If and when you send out an update, my last name is spelled > "Stearns", but it's hardly a problem. :-) > Cheers, > - Bill > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > ------------- > "Real programmers use 'cat > a.out'." > (Courtesy of Dan Pilone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) > -------------------------------------------------------------- > ------------ > William Stearns ([EMAIL PROTECTED]). Mason, Buildkernel, > freedups, p0f, > rsync-backup, ssh-keyinstall, dns-check, more at: http://www.stearns.org Linux articles at: http://www.opensourcedigest.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email sponsored by: Free pre-built ASP.NET sites including Data Reports, E-commerce, Portals, and Forums are available now. Download today and enter to win an XBOX or Visual Studio .NET. http://aspnet.click-url.com/go/psa00100003ave/direct;at.aspnet_072303_01/01 _______________________________________________ Spamassassin-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/spamassassin-talk
