From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 12 23:53:09 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 91D8516A403 for ; Fri, 12 Jan 2007 23:53:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from chandler@chapman.edu) Received: from calais.chapman.edu (calais.chapman.edu [192.77.116.205]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7D09D13C455 for ; Fri, 12 Jan 2007 23:53:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from chandler@chapman.edu) Received: from [206.211.142.181] (ist181.chapman.edu [206.211.142.181]) by calais.chapman.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7070E2EAFA; Fri, 12 Jan 2007 15:53:08 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <45A81F60.70401@chapman.edu> Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2007 15:53:04 -0800 From: Jay Chandler User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.9 (Windows/20061207) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: VeeJay References: <2cd0a0da0701121343g7fa2535fv4a7b201f5a03aff2@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <2cd0a0da0701121343g7fa2535fv4a7b201f5a03aff2@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Chapman-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-Chapman-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-Chapman-MailScanner-From: chandler@chapman.edu X-Spam-Status: No Cc: FreeBSD-Questions Subject: Re: Please Help! How to STOP them... X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2007 23:53:09 -0000 VeeJay wrote: > I am reading many hundred lines similar to below mentioned? > > Could you please advise me what to do and how can I make my box more > secure? > > Jan 9 17:54:42 localhost sshd[5130]: reverse mapping checking > getaddrinfo > for bbs-83-179.189.218.on-nets.com [218.189.179.83] failed - POSSIBLE > BREAK-IN ATTEMPT! > Jan 9 17:54:42 localhost sshd[5130]: Invalid user sysadmin from > 218.189.179.83 > VeeJay, you've asked several questions now to this list that are very simple to solve with even a minimal amount of reading through Google. Some people more generous than I have given you the answers, which are are immediately met with further questions, most of which are answered in the first part of the man page for the relevant program. I, and I suspect other posters on this list, have little interest in reading Unix for Dummies to you. Technical questions about specific failures are one thing, but you're asking things that are covered in any decent Unix / FreeBSD book. Heck, you can even get the FreeBSD Handbook for free online. Please, please, PLEASE RTFM. If that's too much to ask, try taking a class, hiring a consultant, or using a more user-friendly OS. -- Jay Chandler Network Administrator, Chapman University 714.628.7249 / chandler@chapman.edu Today's Excuse: Incorrectly configured static routes on the corerouters.