Subj : Hack Attempts - Is it normal?
To   : cheartsdale
From : echicken
Date : Tue Jul 17 2012 06:07 pm

  Re: Hack Attempts - Is it normal?
  By: cheartsdale to All on Tue Jul 17 2012 08:17:09

 > After several years on backup.  I decided to take out my BBS again and turn 
 > on.  I left it on overnight and when i woke up in the morning, i noticed on
 > web, terminal and ftp i had numerous hack attempts.  Trying to get access. 
 > They were using userames like admin and generic passwords.  is that normal f
 > everyone to see those actvities showing up?

Yes, very normal.  Kind of a fact of life on the internet today (actually has
been for some time, in my experience.)  It's generally nothing to worry about,
but if one particular address is hammering away at you, you should be able to
filter it out (see ip.can.)

See http://wiki.synchro.net/howto:hardening if you're really concerned. 
Disallow users from relaying mail through your system.  Stuff like that will
minimize your risk, such as it is.

echicken
electronic chicken bbs - bbs.electronicchicken.com - 416-273-7230

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