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Date:      Mon, 23 Apr 2001 15:28:24 +0000 (GMT)
From:      Jim Durham <durham@w2xo.pgh.pa.us>
To:        freebsd-security@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Connection attempts
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0104231526270.27876-100000@w2xo.int>
In-Reply-To: <200104231229.f3NCTk939079@caerulus.cerintha.com>

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On Mon, 23 Apr 2001, Michael S Scheidell wrote:

> In local.freebsd.security, you wrote:
> >
> >Script kiddies..just ignore it and get used to it.
> 
> I don't suggest ignoring the 'kiddies' that walk down the street trying to
> see if my windows are open either.
> 
> 80% of these systems have bveen compromized, and the owner doesn't even
> know it.
> 
> Wouldn't you like to take these systems off the net?
> You want one of them to run against your system (if you miss a security
> bulitin?)
> 
> its easy enough to log and alert the isp.
> 
> 

I don't know what you folks' experience has been, but I've had
almost no luck with alerting ISPs to these problems. A lot of
this stuff comes from Korea and Chekoslovokia and I get no
responses from the ISPs.

-Jim Durham



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