Re: telnet break-in

["Damir J. Naden" <dnaden@inforamp.net>]

Hi George Bonser; unless Mutt is confused, you wrote:
> On Sat, 22 Aug 1998, Nebu John Mathai wrote:
> 
> > Interesting ... after reading the above messages, I decided to check out
> > my /var/log files and found a whole suite of "in.telnetd[XXX]: connect"
> > statements.
> > 
> > Should I be worried ... or does Debian come secure out of the box?
> > 
> 
> Debian is as secure as the passwords that you choose. If you have no root
> password and go on the internet, you are asking for major problems. Debian
> asks you to set a password and create a user account at install time. You
> are as secure as the passwords you choose.
> 
> You can further limit who can connect with /etc/hosts.allow and
> /etc/hosts.deny
> 
> For example in /etc/hosts.deny:
> 
> in.telnetd: .uu.net 
> 
> Would block any login attempts from anyone on a uu.net address.
> 
> 
> 
> George Bonser
>

Ahhh, that is what I wanted, but didn't know how to ask..great.

thanks again

damir