On Dec 1, 2006, at 12:45 AM, Alfred von Campe wrote:
enabled port forwarding on my router (so I can access the system
from home). Other than deleting these files, is there anything
else I should worry about? I'd rather not re-install the OS...
let me add another suggestion to the flood: once you've rebuilt the
box, install DenyHosts (http://denyhosts.sourceforge.net/). this
tool is quite effective at blocking brute-force ssh attacks; not only
will this make it much harder for an attacker even if you should
happen to set a weak password on an account in the future, but it
will also reduce the amount of CPU time and memory wasted on dealing
with brute-force ssh attacks.
RPMs are available at sourceforge; the python 2.3 RPM works great on
CentOS 4.
i'm sorry you're having to deal with this. :(
-steve
--
If this were played upon a stage now, I could condemn it as an
improbable fiction. - Fabian, Twelfth Night, III,v
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