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Re: Dynamic IP log retention = 0?
From: Joe Greco <jgreco () ns sol net>
Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2009 18:52:45 -0600 (CST)
Well most port scanning is from compromised boxes. Once a box is compromised it can be used for *any* sort of attack. If you really care about security you take reports of ports scans seriously.
Yeahbut, the real problem is that port scanning is typically used as part of a process to infect _other_ boxes. If you allow this sort of illness to spread, the patient (that is, the Internet) doesn't get better. ... JG -- Joe Greco - sol.net Network Services - Milwaukee, WI - http://www.sol.net "We call it the 'one bite at the apple' rule. Give me one chance [and] then I won't contact you again." - Direct Marketing Ass'n position on e-mail spam(CNN) With 24 million small businesses in the US alone, that's way too many apples.
Current thread:
- Re: Dynamic IP log retention = 0?, (continued)
- Re: Dynamic IP log retention = 0? N. Yaakov Ziskind (Mar 12)
- Re: Dynamic IP log retention = 0? Mark Andrews (Mar 12)
- Re: Dynamic IP log retention = 0? Ross (Mar 12)
- Re: Dynamic IP log retention = 0? Joe Greco (Mar 12)
- Re: Dynamic IP log retention = 0? Ross (Mar 13)
- Re: Dynamic IP log retention = 0? Valdis . Kletnieks (Mar 13)
- Re: Dynamic IP log retention = 0? Ross (Mar 13)
- Re: Dynamic IP log retention = 0? JC Dill (Mar 13)
- Re: Dynamic IP log retention = 0? Joe Greco (Mar 14)
- Re: Dynamic IP log retention = 0? Mark Andrews (Mar 12)
- Re: Dynamic IP log retention = 0? Joe Greco (Mar 12)
- Re: Dynamic IP log retention = 0? Martin Hannigan (Mar 12)
- Re: Dynamic IP log retention = 0? Joe Greco (Mar 13)
- Re: Dynamic IP log retention = 0? Bobby Mac (Mar 13)
- Re: Dynamic IP log retention = 0? Valdis . Kletnieks (Mar 13)
- Re: Dynamic IP log retention = 0? Bill Stewart (Mar 13)
- Re: Dynamic IP log retention = 0? Charles (Mar 13)
- Re: Dynamic IP log retention = 0? Rob Evans (Mar 12)
- Re: Dynamic IP log retention = 0? JC Dill (Mar 12)
- Re: Dynamic IP log retention = 0? Bill Bogstad (Mar 14)