Re: under attack

[Security Zone <seczone () i-nfinity com>]

On Mon, 2004-03-15 at 18:35, Jorge Garcia wrote:
> i discovered in my redhat server a openssh port open in port 1945 or somethin like that.
> now i filter the port with iptables but i want to do more.
> how can i close the port??

It depends on what starts it. As for me, i'd suggest you to check
xinetd.

> how can i get info about who did this and which program or prosses is using this port?
> how can i get any inpho about the attacker??

Try and see log files! First of all /var/log/messages, then the logs
produced by sshd, and so on. I do not know so much iptables, i prefere
PF under openbsd... but i suppose that iptables supports log files! at
the very least, you'd know something about the IP...

> thanx


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