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Thanks to everyone for their help. Some answers to your questions: ---- Original Message ----- From: "Nathan Meyers" <nmeyers at javalinux.net> To: "Bill Horne" <bill at horne.net> Cc: <discuss at blu.org> Sent: Wednesday, July 17, 2002 11:40 AM Subject: Re: Possible attack; opinions wanted > On Wed, Jul 17, 2002 at 11:41:43AM -0400, Bill Horne wrote: > > Thanks for reading this. I'm trying to figure if my server is being attacked, or just probed: please take a look at the httpd error log segment located at http://billhorne.homelinux.org/hacklog.html. > > And the difference between attacking and probing is - what? - whether > you're being personally targeted? FWIW, I'd call it an attack - by a > Windows IIS virus looking to propagate itself. I'm probably using the wrong terms: I consider an "attack" to be an entry attempt specifically targeted at my machine by a human. Everything else is a probe. Does anyone have the virus alert page handy? It's tried a variety of errors, which is why I thought it an attack. ---- ----- Original Message ----- >From: Keller, Tim >To: 'Bill Horne' >Sent: Wednesday, July 17, 2002 11:33 AM >Subject: RE: Possible attack; opinions wanted >You are being attacked, but its an attack against IIS, not apache. I just checked and in the >last 2 days, I've gotten 40000 of this entries on my external web server. >Your not in any danger, it's more an annoyance than anything else. >Tim. OK, the heat's off then. I had thought a human was targeting my IP one-on-one. --- >FROM: Phil Buckley >You could report the offender up the line so he at least becomes aware >that he's being a pain in the ass. >Phil Already done: pajo networks in LA. Bill
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