[Gllug] limiting ssh zombie login attempts

[Richard Jones]

On Tue, Oct 19, 2004 at 10:08:57AM +0100, Dean wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 19, 2004 at 10:00:52AM +0100, Richard Jones wrote:
> > Needless to say, I went home pretty sharpish afterwards, changed my
> > firewall password, and examined the logs very closely.
> 
> Did you see any attempts?

No ... or at least they managed to install a very subtle rootkit in
the 30 minutes or so that the password might have been sniffed ...

I might as well name and shame the Internet cafe in question too: it's
the one opposite the Bull and Gate pub in Kentish Town.

Rich.

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