telnetd log interpretation
Logchecker sent me this as an unusual event:
Jul 30 06:30:32 phavl in.telnetd[8705]: connect from cr943209-a.etob1.on.wave.home.com
A quick
# cat /var/log/* /var/log/*/* | grep "^Jul 30 06:" > /tmp/log
shows nothing else of concern.
Does the above indicate a login succeeded or just that a telnet connection
just wasn't refused.
For completeness:
# dpkg -l | grep telnet
ii libnet-telnet- 3.01-2 Script telnetable connections
ii telnet 0.16-4potato.1 The telnet client.
ii telnetd 0.16-4potato.1 The telnet server.
Thanks.
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