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Date:      Wed, 22 Dec 2004 15:44:40 -0500
From:      "Peter C. Lai" <sirmoo@cowbert.net>
To:        Daniel Rudy <dr2867@pacbell.net>
Cc:        freebsd-security@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Strange command histories in hacked shell history
Message-ID:  <20041222204440.GH24545@cowbert.net>
In-Reply-To: <41C91696.6030507@pacbell.net>
References:  <20041217120138.7A89116A4D2@hub.freebsd.org> <20041217145315.GB68582@wjv.com> <20041220095628.GA98945@augusta.de> <20041220171836.GC81898@wjv.com> <41C91696.6030507@pacbell.net>

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On Tue, Dec 21, 2004 at 10:39:18PM -0800, Daniel Rudy wrote:
> Hey Bill, I have to agree with this.  But, if you don't mind my asking,
> why do you allow SSH access from all over the planet?  For a server, why
> not restrict the source IP to at least the same country that you are in?
> Or even to the IP address blocks of the few people who need access to it?
> 
> 
> -- 
> Daniel Rudy

This is beyond the scope of this list, but I thought that he was running
a shellbox where people could create users by themselves.

-- 
Peter C. Lai
University of Connecticut
Dept. of Molecular and Cell Biology
Yale University School of Medicine
SenseLab | Research Assistant
http://cowbert.2y.net/



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