Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2009 19:03:42 +0100 (CET) From: Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> To: Andrew Gould <andrewlylegould@gmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: off topic: reporting attempts to access computers Message-ID: <20090219190217.K47219@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> In-Reply-To: <d356c5630902191000n16c3d3a0md98c4246a5ff2c79@mail.gmail.com> References: <d356c5630902191000n16c3d3a0md98c4246a5ff2c79@mail.gmail.com>
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> My logs show a dictionary attack of invalid user names against port 22. I > obtained an abuse@* email address using 'whois' and reported the beginning > and ending date/times and the originating IP address. > > Is there any other information I need to send? i don't think so. anyway - if all password are well made still there is no problem. Is there someone else I > should notify? i don't think so. > Most of the attacks I receive are from other continents, so I just block the > network range found via 'whois'. it's good solution, mostly because those in abuse@* often simply ignore such mails.
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