Off topic: Hacker

["國產 Wei-Yee Chan (Made in Chinar)"]

Script kiddies are all over the place - You'd be much better off
spending the time to secure your system than going after them.

Just tell your friend to disable the ssh daemon if it's not needed.

Also see :
http://hotcripts.com/resources/tutorials/secure-server-securing/disable-direct-root-login.php

Rick Lim wrote:

>Hi there,
>
>I know this is not the correct forum to ask this question, but I have to
>start somewhere.......
>
>I have a friend with a linux firewall box.
>There appears to be a very simple minded hacker trying to do simple ssh
>password attacks on this box.
>
>I have been using whois and reporting this to each ISP he/she is coming from
>but he/she just breaks into a different machine on an new ISP and tries
>again.
>
>Is there something more I can do to track this person down?
>Thanks.
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