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Re: checking if my system is compromised



On Sat, Apr 07, 2007 at 06:41:22PM -0700, Kamaraju Kusumanchi wrote:

> Turns out that I was dictionary attacked (thanks to
> /var/log/auth.log) via ssh port. The intruder was able to gain access
> to the guest account. 

The fail2ban package can be helpful in fighting dictionary attacks. 

dt

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