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Re: What is possible with static ip?



On Wed, 8 Dec 2010 18:44:15 -0500
shawn wilson <ag4ve.us@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Wed, Dec 8, 2010 at 6:16 PM, Celejar <celejar@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > On Wed, 8 Dec 2010 01:55:32 -0500
> > shawn wilson <ag4ve.us@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > ...
> >
> > > lastly, what does this have to do with linux? debian in particular? to
> > keep
> > > this topical, if you're going to do any hosting on this box, i'll advise
> > you
> > > to mind what ports you have publicly accessible, run snort and monitor it
> > > (you'll notice some cool stuff - like universities scanning you - it's
> > the
> > > non edu that you should worry about here), install tripwire, and setup
> >
> > Why shouldn't he worry about scanning from .edu domains as much as from
> > anywhere else?
> >
> >
> it was a general comment. however, most of the scans i've seen are
> universities that are conserned with general internet statistics and not
> exploiting any service you might be running. i still take a minute, see what
> arin has to say about their ip, go to their web site and see what they're up
> to.

Sounds reasonable.  I just meant to warn that there are probably many
hackers, script kiddies and zombies / bots operating out of .edu
domains.

Celejar
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