On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 02:25:26AM +1030, Tim wrote: > On Wed, 2008-11-26 at 06:54 -0500, Dave Feustel wrote: > > I spoke with a Comcast technician yesterday. He said there was nothing > > Comcast could do and that the problem was that the 'bomber' was able > > to get my ip address by scanning my system. That seems inconsistent to > > me. > > If you're chatting with your ISP, I'd ask them if it's just you being > flooded, or a range of their IP addresses. Then you'll know if you're a > direct target. If they can't work that out, they're hopeless. > > As far as security goes, turn off the services you don't need. And > configure the ones that you do need, to not listen to the outside world > unnecessarily (secure the services properly, don't rely on a firewall to > stand in the way). Then, add a firewall to your mix. It's an extra > layer, not the only thing you should use in your defence. I don't run any servers. My total activity is email, browsing, and RSS. I don't even use ssh. Makes me wonder what I did to provoke the attack (assuming that the attack was specifically directed at me.) > Attempts to crack into your system over SSH, for instance, will be water > off a duck's back if you don't have an SSH server running, or it never > listens to the world interface. > > -- > [tim@localhost ~]$ uname -r > 2.6.27.5-41.fc9.i686 > > Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. I > read messages from the public lists. > > > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
