On Sat, 2004-07-17 at 12:40, Jonathan T. Steadman wrote: > Sorry this is yet another lame question, but I am new to hosting web > server ect. just kinda experimenting actually and in my logs i came > across some garbage (its at the bottom of this email) what do you do > about this? Just let it be? inform ISP? wait and see if it is more > continuous? dont know the proper thing to do i guess just making sure > with you guys. > > Jul 17 14:42:24 localhost sshd[6746]: Illegal user test from > 130.120.81.14 > Jul 17 14:42:26 localhost sshd[6746]: Failed password for illegal user > test from 130.120.81.14 port 48692 ssh2 Put in an iptables rule to filter out this IP address. -- Dave Roberts <ldave@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
