brute force ssh attack

Matthew Miller mattdm at mattdm.org
Thu Apr 28 13:41:38 UTC 2005


On Thu, Apr 28, 2005 at 08:14:44AM -0500, Aleksandar Milivojevic wrote:
> Was it controlled?  Was it really limited?  Judging from original post, 
> I wouldn't be suprised if his entire local network got infected.

I'd be somewhat surprised, given that the attackers here seemed
run-of-the-mill, but you're right, definitely something to check for.

> >Sure. But it doesn't hurt to investigate what happened. It's educational.
> Sure, investigate.  Learn.  And then wipe off the harddrives.

Agreed.

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