From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Feb 20 18:53:28 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from alpha.comkey.com.au (alpha.comkey.com.au [203.9.152.215]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 2FABD10E05 for ; Sat, 20 Feb 1999 18:53:17 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gjb@comkey.com.au) Received: (qmail 7176 invoked by uid 1001); 21 Feb 1999 01:15:21 -0000 Message-ID: <19990221011521.7175.qmail@alpha.comkey.com.au> X-Posted-By: GBA-Post 1.04 06-Feb-1999 X-PGP-Fingerprint: 5A91 6942 8CEA 9DAB B95B C249 1CE1 493B 2B5A CE30 Date: Sun, 21 Feb 1999 11:15:21 +1000 From: Greg Black To: jcds@brasmail.com.br Cc: Patrick Seal , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: I've been hacked! References: <199902201754.MAA18691@hyperhost.net> <19990220181518.A7FF31183F@hub.freebsd.org> In-reply-to: <19990220181518.A7FF31183F@hub.freebsd.org> of Sat, 20 Feb 1999 16:15:15 -0200 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > In most of the cases, the maximum you will get is to cancel the > hacker dialup account, but he will think twice before trying to > attack you again. That's not a cut and dried conclusion. There are plenty of cases of would-be crackers developing revenge obsessions against people who retaliate. Unless you're willing to cope with this and have the time and other resources needed to manage it, you may find it a better option simply to concentrate on ensuring that your machines are as secure as possible. This will most likely encourage the cracker to look for an easier target. After all, for most crackers, the number of failures is so high that another one is not a big deal. -- Greg Black To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message