RE: Devices created automatically

["Andy Nolen-Parkhouse" <aparkhouse@xxxxxxxxx>]

Frank,

Unless your users are signing onto more sessions than has been the norm,
I think it is possible that someone is trying to hack into your system,
perhaps via telnet.  Are you open to the internet?  Perhaps if you
started the security journals and more closely monitor your history, you
could get a fuller picture.  Get someone from networking involved.

Regards,
Andy

> Devices are being created automatically every 5 to 10 minutes on our
> AS/400 (V4R3).  We have no idea how this is happening.  This only
started
> happening for the past 2 days.  We delete these devices and they come
> right back.  Email me directly if you have any questions:
> frank.kany@burr-reid.org
>
> This is what the devices look like:
> ================================================  Device
> Type        Text
>  QPADEV000B   V100        Device created for S1029348.
> QPADEV000C   V100        Device created for S1029348.
> QPADEV000D  V100        Device created for S1029348.
> QPADEV000F   V100        Device created for S1029348.
> QPADEV0001   V100        Device created for S1029348.
> QPADEV0002   V100        Device created for S1029348.
> QPADEV0003   V100        Device created for S1029348.
> QPADEV0004   V100        Device created for S1029348.
>