Re: Brute force attack - need your advice

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On Mon, 11 Feb 2008 16:32:12 -0500 Paul Schmehl
<pauls () utdallas edu> wrote:
> --On Tuesday, February 12, 2008 02:16:02 +0530 Abilash Praveen
> <contactme () abilashpraveen com> wrote:
>
> > Hello experts,
> >
> > I had been talking to our web hosts the other day and they seem
> to have a lot
> > of unusual brute force attack on the servers recently. I'm
> guessing that it
> > could be because of my emails to the list? I mean, do you advice
> on using a
> > personal email for this type of list? Or should I use something
> like
> > @gmail.com? I know they can't easily break in to our servers,
> but am I just
> > giving them a chance?
>
> The chances of your little corner of the web being singled out for
> attack are
> pretty low.  Besides, the level of pure crap flying around on the
> internet
> makes it nearly impossible to distinguish a directed attack from
> the usual
> garbage.  So, you do your best to properly configure and secure
> everything,
> keep good logs and sit back and watch the crap fly.
>
> --
> Paul Schmehl (pauls () utdallas edu)
> Senior Information Security Analyst
> The University of Texas at Dallas
> http://www.utdallas.edu/ir/security/
>
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