From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from opera.rednote.net ([70.84.142.212]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1HGRJC-0004Nh-00 for ; Sun, 11 Feb 2007 21:52:51 -0500 Received: from opera.rednote.net (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by opera.rednote.net (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id l1C2qoZ1013602 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-DSS-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Mon, 12 Feb 2007 02:52:50 GMT Received: (from janina@localhost) by opera.rednote.net (8.13.8/8.13.8/Submit) id l1C2qoC6013601 for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Sun, 11 Feb 2007 21:52:50 -0500 Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2007 21:52:50 -0500 From: Janina Sajka To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Subject: Re: hacking attempts Message-ID: <20070212025250.GF7372@rednote.net> References: <45CE8FF9.90905@proficio.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <45CE8FF9.90905@proficio.ca> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i X-Operating-System: Linux opera.rednote.net 2.6.19-1.2895.fc6spk Organization: Capital Accessibility LLC (http://www.CapitalAccessibility.com) X-PGP-Key: http://www.CapitalAccessibility.com/JaninaSajka_gpg_key.html X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2007 02:52:51 -0000 Doug Sutherland writes: > One thing that linux distros have traditionally had backwards > is turning everything on by default, including all kinds of > port access. That used to be true for all *nix systems. It has noticably changed over the past few years. I believe the only port on by default in today's Fedora install is port 22. For attacks on port 22 there is a lovely monitoring application called denyhosts that will shortly curtail scripted attacks on 22. Janina