Re: Is messages showing a hack attempt?

From: John Kloosterman (JClosed_AD_netscape_DoT_net)
Date: 08/23/05 

Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2005 22:17:10 +0200

news@celticbear.com wrote:
> Unruh wrote:
>
>>Wipe yur system and then
>>reinstall.
>>Then install all of your distro updates ( or get a new system)
>>Why are you running ftp?
>>
>
> Because we have a lot of customers who have to upload files, and
> they're ordinary people who aren't savvy enough to know how to use
> SFTP.
> These are people that use Internet Explorer to FTP. We have to keep
> access open to them.
>
>
>>Have you looked on ded140223210.yhti.net to see if there is anything there?
>>(it could be using address spoofing).
>
>
> Yeah, some SBC block IP.
>
>
>>"news@celticbear.com" <news@celticbear.com> writes:
>>
>>>that stores the data locally for later retrieval. How do I check for
>>>such things?!
>>
>>you don't. You wipe and reinstall.
>>
>
> That seems a bit, overkill?
> Besides, not as easy as that. We have gigs of customer files and huge
> database files. And a setup of ImageMagik, GhostScript, and PDFLib that
> takes about a day to install and configure.
> Going down for a day or more, even a Sunday, can really really hurt our
> sales.
> But then, going down because of a hacker certainly isn't better...but
> if there's an alternative to wiping and reinstalling....
>

Shure - take a second computer. Configure the same as the first one,
copy the data to it an let it take over on a quiet moment.

Sure - its a lot of work, but you dont have to take the first computer
down while you are working on the second one. Your clients dont have to
even notice that something has changed. When te second computer has
taken over you can examine the first one to see what *really* happend.

Its allways a good idea to have a back-up machine in case one breaks
down. Just keep all the data synced an you have nothing to worry about..

Just an idea...

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