Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2006 00:53:22 -0400 From: Adam Martin <adamartin@FreeBSD.org> To: "Roger 'Rocky' Vetterberg" <listsub@401.cx> Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Party Message-ID: <a1b66dc9d3511d964c5c9c9da24c1312@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <45125885.2060209@401.cx> References: <20060920104047.GA49442@splork.wirewater.yow> <20060920185542.GE1075@zaphod.nitro.dk> <bd939a03a40fa16be6750cf5089bf5b0@FreeBSD.org> <45125885.2060209@401.cx>
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On 2006 Sep 21 , at 05:16, Roger 'Rocky' Vetterberg wrote: > Adam Martin wrote: > [snip] >> Boy, between spam, sshd-bruteforce attempts, and tons of other >> stuff.... the 'net has become such an annoying place these days. >> Every >> year this stuff seems to just get worse... *sigh* All this net-trash >> gives me a headache. What a waste of technology, resources, and >> bandwidth. > > What bothers me is that all these probes, scans, spams etc still > succeeds in some cases, otherwise nobody would be doing them. > As long as people click on spamlinks and leave their systems open to > automated intrusion, we will have to live with this kind of behavior. > But, as you say, it is a damn waste. I think it's just that I pine for better days. Just 5 years ago, this behaviour was restricted mostly to Windoze systems. 5 years before that, the notion of net-wide "evil traffic" as a constant background noise was far fetched. And just 5 years before that, 15 years ago, the notion of loads of background evil traffic was, as far as I recall, appalling. After the whole of that spam episode, combined with several spikes in local ssh-bruteforce attempts... I just felt despondent. I still do. It seems like the whole 'net has gone to hell in a handbasket. So as I said, I pine for better days. But I think I am a curmudgeon these days :-) Regards, -- Adam David Alan Martin
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