At 23:47 12/8/2003, you wrote:
Mike Klinke wrote:
This is normal. What you're seeing is Internet worm scans looking to break into vulnerable Windows systems.
Regards, Mike Klinke
Thanks, Mike.
Are there similar 'worm scans' for Linux boxes? What should I do to protect my machine from them if there are? (point me towards a good website or book explaining this if you can.)
Also, for both Lisa and Mike, it is considered courteous on these lists to keep only whatever is needed for context from previous messages. Note I kept only two lines from each of your messages, whereas in each of your replies you made the rest of the list (likely a couple of thousand people) read through about 100 lines of logs again and again. On the positive side, thank you for writing your replies AT THE BOTTOM of the message, so that your answer is below the previous comment; this is called bottom-posting, keeps the conversation in chronological order, and is a Very Good Thing [tm].
Cheers,
I did try to snip out most of the logs in my reply to Mike. I will attempt to snip more next time. I apologize, because I do appreciate the help you guys offer on this list and do not want to take your time and efforts for granted.
Thank you,
Lisa
