Re: is this real?

["James Turnbull" <james () lovedthanlost net>]

Niek wrote:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Michael Weber [mailto:mweber () hitwin com]
> > Sent: Monday, March 15, 2004 6:49 PM
> > To: security-basics () securityfocus com
> > Subject: is this real?
> >
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > after the weekend i spend a few hours for a journey trough my
> > logfiles
> > from the weekend. So i detect one IP which scan us very often
> > and try to
> > connect to ssh. Not unusual so far... normally i do an nmap
> > run, look on
> > the machine and forget it.
> >
> > But This:
> <snip mnap output>

I won't even mention the AIX box a client had in Singapore that allowed root
logins.  We never could persuade that client that having that open telnet
port on the Internet was a bad idea.  *sigh*  Idiots.

Regards

James


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