Hack attempts

[Timothy Payne]

Or a free firewall at www.freesco.org 


On Sat, 2004-07-24 at 10:56, Edwin Dicker wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Just like Scot says..you should buy a hardware router ..most of them have
> > firewall capabilities built-in.
> >
> > Also, go to:
> >
> > https://grc.com/x/ne.dll?bh0bkyd2
> >
> > and see how safe you are. This site will scan common ports (or all if you
> > want) and you'll see how exposed you are. I highly recommend it.
> 
> Of course I agree with you all, except for the fact that a HW firewall
> should be any better than a well setup linux box.
> My system has been setup quite well I believe and has only ssh and http
> open. By using well thought of passwords I feel that my system has enough
> protection to keep anyone off the system who doesnt belong there.
> The only thing where I was curious about was that the two attempts used
> exactly the same names : guest and test, and therefore I was suspecting (
> like Scott mentioned ) a kiddie with some code.
> Anyway... I'm glad that I posted it and found not to be the only one
> 'bothered' from that IP.
> 
> Cheers
> Edwin
> 
>