RE: Devices created automatically

["Fritz Hayes" <fhayes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Also, these look to be VT100 sessions!  This is the type of telnet that
comes native with any desktop machine today.  Consider changing your
telnet server to only accept the 5250 emulation type.

Best Regards

Fritz Hayes
Atwater Associates
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|
| If you already came to the conclusion, that it might be a hacking
problem,
| you should react now:
| - take down the FTP server, if you don't need it at this moment, it's
easy
| to
| "quote" remote commands through it ...
| - tell your users not to sign off form their PC's, watch their
connections
| and
| delete everything else which was created under the QPACTL01
controller.
| - turn off QAUTOVRT
| - block the incoming ip-connection at your firewall / packetfilter
level.
|
| HTH, Philipp Rusch
|
| "Frank W. Kany IV" schrieb:
|
| > This is a multi-part message in MIME format.
| > --
| > [ Picked text/plain from multipart/alternative ]
| > 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.
| >
| > We don't even have a user named "quit"
| > ================================================
| > Message ID . . . . . . :   CPF1397
| > Date sent  . . . . . . :   04/02/02      Time sent  . . . . . . :
| 09:34:03
| >
| > Message . . . . :   Subsystem QINTER varied off work station
QPADEV000D
| for
| >   user QUIT.
| >
| > Cause . . . . . :   The maximum number of sign on attempts specified
by
| system
| >   value QMAXSIGN has been reached.  The device has been varied off
for
| >   security reasons.
| > Recovery  . . . :   After checking with your security officer, vary
the
| device
| >   on using the Vary Configuration (VRYCFG) command.
| >
| > Hope this information helps.
| > =================================================
| Display Device Description
| >
| > Device description . . . . . . . . :   QPADEV000D
| > Option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . :   *BASIC
| > Category of device . . . . . . . . :   *DSP
| >
| > Device class . . . . . . . . . . . :   *VRT
| > Device type  . . . . . . . . . . . :   V100
| > Device model . . . . . . . . . . . :   *ASCII
| > Emulated twinaxial device  . . . . :   3196A2
| > Online at IPL  . . . . . . . . . . :   *NO
| > Attached controller  . . . . . . . :   QPACTL01
| > --