On Fri, 2006-03-31 at 13:39 -0600, Les Mikesell wrote: > On Fri, 2006-03-31 at 13:20, Gene Heskett wrote: > > > >They use these botnets to distribute spam, launch DDOS, or whatever > > >else their imagination came come up with. Either of those would > > >contribute to an increase in bandwidth usage. > > > > Humm, we were in fact subjected to a DDOS attack early last sunday > > morning, which lead to the traffic servers demise & rebuild. > > Got us listed at spamcop & our mail died. > > Or more likely, your box was participating in a DDOS. Do > you have any idea what exploit might have been used to > install the programs you found? ---- My money is on sshd - somebody with a weak password. Craig
