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From:Freq E-Zine
Date:27 Jun 2001 at 12:06:29
Subject:Re: Internet Abuse and Port Hacks (reply)

Hi Andrew

> From: Andrew Bruno <abruno@zeta.org.au>
> On 26-Jun-01, you wrote:

> > I've also experienced attempts to open port 23 twice in the last
> > week; NetInfo II traced the access attempts to ISPs in Taiwan (first time)
> > and Korea (second time).
>
> Were you in an IRC channel at the time?

Not IRC (don't use it) - /maybe/ ICQ; I don't remember now.

> DALNET scans you on port 23 (telnet) but apparantly it is a "norm".

> > I scribbled the IP addresses down in a notebook, which I now can't find...
> > and I don't seem to be logging through Genesis ATM.

they were 210.67.180.1 and 211.219.23.83 FWIW

> Check that you have the log set.
>
> Mine does. :) (Sorry) Check where the log file is stored too! If it is
> ram:..... You are in trouble to go back and look at the history. ;-)

Yep, it was ram: as I've recently re-installed everything to clear up a
bunch of WB problems (3.9 w/ CGX) and hadn't set it to a HD log.

I'll have a go at setting a firewall up for Genesis too.

Cheers

Richard



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