off topic: reporting attempts to access computers
Wojciech Puchar
wojtek at wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl
Thu Feb 19 10:03:51 PST 2009
> My logs show a dictionary attack of invalid user names against port 22. I
> obtained an abuse@* email address using 'whois' and reported the beginning
> and ending date/times and the originating IP address.
>
> Is there any other information I need to send?
i don't think so.
anyway - if all password are well made still there is no problem.
Is there someone else I
> should notify?
i don't think so.
> Most of the attacks I receive are from other continents, so I just block the
> network range found via 'whois'.
it's good solution, mostly because those in abuse@* often simply ignore
such mails.
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