Re: Korea (was RE: ?)

[o'neil.brooke () LMCO COM (Brooke, O'Neil)]

> Well, while you're there, why don't you poke around and see if you can find
> out
> who ownz that box?  Could be useful to know that...
>
> RGF
>
> Robert G. Ferrell
> Internet Technologist
> National Business Center, US DoI
> Robert_G_Ferrell () nbc gov

This is not a very ethical statement. Especially when you consider the
email address you have used to send this message. Does the National
Business Center condone 'cracking', when it is useful?

> ----------
> From:  Robert G. Ferrell[SMTP:root () rgfsparc cr usgs gov]
> Reply To:      Robert G. Ferrell
> Sent:  Thursday, January 27, 2000 12:23 PM
> To:    INCIDENTS () SECURITYFOCUS COM
> Subject:       Re: Korea (was RE: ?)
>
> > I have LOTS of portscanning (mostly to port 111) from a number of hosts
> > in Korea.
>
> As we've observed before, Korea, especially educational institutions in
> Korea,
> is virtually wide open to crackers.
>
> > I portscanned them back and find out that at least a couple of
> > them had port 2222 open. A telnet to that port droped me in a rootshell
> > without being asked for any password....
>
> Well, while you're there, why don't you poke around and see if you can find
> out
> who ownz that box?  Could be useful to know that...
>
> RGF
>
> Robert G. Ferrell
> Internet Technologist
> National Business Center, US DoI
> Robert_G_Ferrell () nbc gov