On Wed, Apr 27, 2005 at 10:56:38AM -0500, Aleksandar Milivojevic wrote:
there are numerous brute force ssh attacks in the web. I was quite curious, and for fun, I created the typical user accounts and set easy to guess passwords....
Generally, very bad idea. Unless you know exactly what you are doing, which you obviously don't.
What's the harm? I mean, assuming you're planning on doing a limited, controlled experiment?
Was it controlled? Was it really limited? Judging from original post, I wouldn't be suprised if his entire local network got infected.
You don't just unplug network cable. You wipe off machine and reinstall it from scratch. Simple as that.
Sure. But it doesn't hurt to investigate what happened. It's educational.
Sure, investigate. Learn. And then wipe off the harddrives.
-- Aleksandar Milivojevic <amilivojevic@xxxxxx> Pollard Banknote Limited Systems Administrator 1499 Buffalo Place Tel: (204) 474-2323 ext 276 Winnipeg, MB R3T 1L7
