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Re: repeated port 21 attempts


From: "Andrew Farmer" <andfarm () gmail com>
Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2006 09:10:41 -0700

On 6/13/06, Ken Dunham <dunhamk () rica net> wrote:
>> I'm getting port 21 connection attempts every 5 minutes from about
> half a dozen of my network users.

Hi,
Sounds like FTP and SSH attacks that are opportunistically launched by
Romanian attackers to date...

Given that the connections coming from his own network, I seriously
doubt the FTP connection attempts are the work of "Romanian hackers".
(Unless Mr. Wu's network is in Romania.)

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