Re: Re: Can anyone help me ID who is trying to hack my system?
On Thu, 16 Jun 2005, Kevin Brown wrote:
> can u tell me how do i track somebody's ip that's trying to hack me
assuming it is: "trying to hack" vs a "successful" breakin:
- what would be the point to find out ??
- why do you care who is "trying" ??
- more importantly...
- how much $$$ are you willing to spend to find out who
- how much time are you willing to spend to find out who
- what are you going to do once you know who is it
- what (which country's) laws do they need to be following vs
things *you* have to do and follow
- trivial answer ...
- it wont cost you a penny but will cost you tons of time
- traceroute the attacking ip#
- trackdown who owns the ip# and do NOT bother the isp that they
have some script kiddies attacking your server
- now what ??
- if the ip# belongs to the us gov't... you might be able
to find a helpful ear to help nabb the script kiddies
or the-big-fish-joe-cracker
- for more tracking .. you'd need to implements lots of
fancy traps and lots of $$$
- consider it a free security audit of your server by beginners
- welcome to the new world of the internet ..
c ya
alvin
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