Date: Sat, 5 Feb 2005 01:34:35 -0800 From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" <tedm@toybox.placo.com> To: "Sandy Rutherford" <sandy@krvarr.bc.ca> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: ssh default security risc Message-ID: <LOBBIFDAGNMAMLGJJCKNOEECFAAA.tedm@toybox.placo.com> In-Reply-To: <16900.34902.204175.909440@szamoca.krvarr.bc.ca>
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> -----Original Message----- > From: Sandy Rutherford [mailto:sandy@krvarr.bc.ca] > Sent: Saturday, February 05, 2005 12:48 AM > To: Ted Mittelstaedt > Cc: Giorgos Keramidas; Gert Cuykens; freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; > Chris Hodgins > Subject: RE: ssh default security risc > > > >>>>> On Thu, 3 Feb 2005 22:54:14 -0800, > >>>>> "Ted Mittelstaedt" <tedm@toybox.placo.com> said: > > > restrictions somehow doesen't exist. Not to mention that > even without a > > static IP assigned > > to your home or other locations that you normally ssh in from, it's > > pretty > > simple to block off huge chunks of the Internet, particularly blocks > > assigned > > to Red China, where a huge amount of cracking and spamming > originates > > from. > > For what it's worth (not much), most of the cracking attempts that > have been showing up recently in my logs are from the USA. Interesting - I wonder if that is because the recent virus activity has opened up giant holes in the US. Ted
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