Re: [MLUG] Internet Hackers Alert (fwd)

[Michael <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

Is there an easy way to get Portsentry to use IPTables? Right now it is
just adding to hosts.deny which is pointless (other than to make me
aware) since I always use ALL:ALL as my default.

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Michael McGlothlin <EMAIL:PROTECTED>
http://www.kavlon.com

'The rule is, jam to-morrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.'
Lewis Carroll

On Wed, 9 May 2001, Mike Miller wrote:

> On Wed, 9 May 2001, Jamie Lloyd wrote:
> 
> > The only thing I have to say is..   Portsentry.
> > I'm running bastille-firewall and portsentry together.
> > Now I'm sure it won't stop all intruders, but I think I have a
> > good chance of stoping 95% of script kiddies.
> 
> 
> I'll have to look into that.  But let me add one thing:  That other 5% is
> the problem.  Actually, you must do much better than 95%.  If 5% of
> attempts succeeded on my machine, I'd have a new intruder about once every
> 2-3 days.  As it stands, and without portsentry, I just went 2 years
> without a single break-in (that I know of).
> 
> Mike
> 
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