Re: The last miserable few weeks...

Well, I do have a firewall running.
I understand that the big problem is windows itself...:-(
Microsoft thinks good security is to wrap something with tissue paper 
saying: Keep Out!

Windows is so full of security holes, it's more accurate to say it 
doesn't have any security...

Donald Hosford

Roger Books wrote:

>Sounds like it's time to lock your machine down and maybe add
>firewall software.
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>When I installed my home Linux server on DSL I monitored activity
>with Shadow to see what was going on.	Within 10 minutes of
>bringing my machine up some script kiddie on the local
>subnet (block of 253 machines) was trying to hack in via WUFtp
>holes.  Of course I don't run WUFtp and only allowed FTP connections
>to 3 machines at work, but three months later he was still 
>periodically trying.
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>Hmmm, refereed FT scenario.  You are going in with overwhelming
>force when you discover the enemies spys have managed to get
>the hull number of your SDN (ala Wrath of Kahn) and hack the
>ship, shutting it down at a time of their choice.  :)
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>Roger Books
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