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Re: What Can You Do?

On 5/20/2015 2:01 PM, Rich Loeber wrote:
I regularly see and capture information about attempts to gain access to
my system.
[snip]
So, my question is, is there anything that you can do when you see this
kind of activity? Is there any agency that would respond?

There's really not much you can do except make sure your systems are secure.

On my linux systems i see hundreds of dictionary attacks on my SSH, IMAP, PHP3, SMTP, and Wordpress servers every day.

I use a utility called fail2ban that automatically blocks the offending IP address for 2 weeks after it detects signs of an attack.

david


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