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Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2004 18:35:06 +0100
From: "Craig Edwards" <brain@winbot.co.uk>
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Subject: Re: sequences in the auth.log
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ive been getting this too on both my freebsd boxes, it seems to be an epidemic. i guess its some form of ssh scanner looking for open accounts with no passwords (or easily guessable passwords)?

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Craig

>Hi all,
>I found similar sequences in the

<snip>

>165.21.103.20 port 39836 ssh2
>Aug 13 13:56:35 www sshd[26113]: Illegal user test from 165.21.103.20
>Aug 13 14:25:36 www sshd[26485]: Illegal user test from 202.28.120.57
>Aug 13 14:25:41 www sshd[26487]: Illegal user guest from 202.28.120.57
>
>What are these?
>