RE: Anyone else seeing SSH scans?

["R Michael Williams" <RMichael.Williams () ardenthealth com>]

Unless there's an exploit/rootkit that installs/uses a preconfigured SSH
daemon of some sort.  It's not uncommon to see probes for already
exploited machines.  

It also might not be uncommon for companies that used to allow telnet on
their perimeter before, to now allow SSH since it's "secure."  We know
use of SSH is _part_ of a secure remote solution, but not the whole
solution.  Others may not realize that yet.

Just the vague ramblings of a dangerous mind....

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R. Michael Williams, CISSP, GCIH
Senior Security Architect
Ardent Health Services
Nashville, TN

615.296.3267 (office)
615.416.4564 (mobile)
 

-----Original Message-----
From: sk () onlaw at [mailto:sk () onlaw at] 
Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2004 4:30 AM
To: incidents () securityfocus com
Subject: Re: Anyone else seeing SSH scans?


Hi!

I've also encountered these scans twice a day from different IPs.
Remarkable is that these scans alle originate from different Asian
countries (mostly.jp && .kr).

> Is this something new, or just people looking for badly configured
machines?

I can't think of an sshd configured that badly, but who knows...

Stefan
 
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