[PLUG-TALK] Cracking Attempts
Rich Shepard
rshepard at appl-ecosys.com
Mon Jun 2 15:33:04 UTC 2014
On Mon, 2 Jun 2014, Paul Mullen wrote:
> If you're really concerned, you could always attempt to block Chinese IP
> addresses. Lists of all known Chinese IP addresses are available (e.g.,
> http://www.wizcrafts.net/chinese-iptables-blocklist.html). They can never
> be entirely complete, and the list keeps changing, but it does help to
> dramatically reduce the attack noise in log files. Combine that with
> fail2ban if you have the spare time.
Thanks, Paul. I use the Netgear firewall appliance instead of iptables on
the server.
I always apply patches when they're distributed. No one's gotten in -- yet
-- in 17 years and I am not concerned, only curious why they keep trying
every day. Except, as you note, it's free.
Rich
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