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I faced serious hacking attempts from a server owned by my dedicated web hosting provider, LayeredTech.�������ʂ��悤�ƁA�[���ȃn�b�L���O���L����Ă���T�[�o�[���玄�̐�p�̃E�F�u�z�X�e�B���O�v���o�C�_�A layeredtech�ł��B More than 23, 000 brute force attempts were made on ssh server alone.������23��A 000�u���[�g�t�H�[�XSSH�T�[�o��̎��݂��s��ꂽ�����ł��B And over 13000 attempts recorded in messages log files. 13000�ȏ�̎��݂̃��b�Z�[�W�̃��O�t�@�C���ɋL�^����Ă��܂��B What surprised me most was the machine from which the attack originated.�ł��������̂́A�ǂ̂悤�ȃ}�V������́A�U���̋N���ł��B You cannot even begin to guess.�𐄑�����ɂ��J�n���邱�Ƃ͂ł��܂���B
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Caltech admin promptly responded and blocked a particular ssl account which was apparently compromised by AOL'ers.�J���t�H���j�A�H�ȑ�w�̔�����u���b�N���₩�ɊǗ��҃A�J�E���g�ł́A�����SSL�𖾂炩�ɐN�Q�����aol'ers�ł��B
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Fortunately my server wasn't compromised in this attack, primarily because of unguessable user accounts and strong passwords.�K�����̃T�[�o�[�́A���̍U���őË����Ȃ��A��̂��߂ɁA���[�U�[�A�J�E���g�Ƌ��͂ȃp�X���[�h�𐄑��ł��Ȃ��B However there is no room for complacency.�����������̗]�n�͂Ȃ��B
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August 28th, 2006 at 8:49 am 2006�N8��28��͌ߌ�3:49
someone needs DenyHosts on their server denyhosts���ăT�[�o�[�ɕK�v��
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I use iptables to����iptables���g�p���� block ip addresses IP�A�h���X���u���b�N .�ł��B I am thinking for more proactive blocking like DenyHosts to block while an attack is in progress.�����l����denyhosts�̏ڍׂ��u���b�N����悤�ɐϋɓI�ȃu���b�N�̒��ɍU�����i�s���ł��B Thanks for the suggestion.��ĂĂ���Ă��肪�Ƃ��B
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Be thankful that the attacker was in the US.���Ƃ����ӂ��čU���҂́A�č����܂��B I have had hundreds of thousands of attacks like what you describe, but originating outside the US.���͐��\���l�̍U���̂悤�ȉ���������邪�A�č��ȊO�̍����M���܂��B Most of my attacks have been from China, Korea, Japan and Argentina.���̍U���̂قƂ�ǂ��A�����A�؍��A��{�A�A���[���`���ł��B Complaints to ISPs in those countries are as effective as yelling at my monitor.����ISP�̂ł͂����̍��X���������炢�̌�ʂ����̃��j�^��{�����̂ł��B
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That is very true.���Ƃ͔���true�ł��B I find LayeredTech very aggresive in handling such issues, may be even too aggresive.��������戵layeredtech���ɐϋɓI�ɂ��̂悤�Ȗ��́A 5���ɂ����܂�ɂ��ϋɓI�ł��B They give you an ultimatum of 6 hours or else face disconnection!�ނ�ɍŌ�ʍ���^�����6���Ԃ܂��͑��̊��ؒf�I
August 29th, 2006 at 12:30 am 2006�N8��29��̌ߑO0��30��
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I know that there are lots of tutorials for password management.�m���Ă��鎄�ɂ́A��������̃`���[�g���A�����p�X���[�h�Ǘ����܂��B can you share what you generally use ?�ʏ�̎g�p�����L���邱�Ƃ͉��ł����H like size, case, etc ?�̂悤�ȑ傫���A�P�[�X�A���ł����H
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look into recent state match for iptables and forget about ssh brute force attacks�c�ŋ߂̏�Ԃ̎���������iptables�Ƃ�SSH�u���[�g�t�H�[�X�U����Y���c
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