Date: Sat, 22 Oct 2011 17:16:37 +0200 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: "Hasse Hansson" <fbsd@thorshammare.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: SV: Breakin attempt Message-ID: <20111022171637.4ef367ee.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <000f01cc90cc$c8c0abe0$5a4203a0$@org> References: <000001cc90c0$a0c16050$e24420f0$@org> <4EA2CE72.5030202@cran.org.uk> <20111022161242.11803f76.freebsd@edvax.de> <000f01cc90cc$c8c0abe0$5a4203a0$@org>
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On Sat, 22 Oct 2011 17:10:44 +0200, Hasse Hansson wrote: > It don't bother me more than cluttering up my logfiles, but I got curious if > this > Attempt was originating from one person. That's problematic... in many cases, attackers do "hijack" home PCs or corporate networks to do their "dirty work" without the actual users noticing. In such a case, you could conclude that the attacks has been originated by one person, but carried out by several ones (or, to be precise, by their PCs). Attackers explore networks and turn them into tools they use theirselves, or they sell them to others who then use them (e. g. for further exploration, SSH attacks, spamming, illegal data storage and so on). -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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