[windows2000] Re: Security
- From: Bill Beckett <Bill.Beckett@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "'windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'" <windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 3 Mar 2004 10:21:56 -0500
Hmm, that's odd. It matches yours. :)
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Twigg, Craig [SMTP:Craig.Twigg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2004 9:43 AM
> To: windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [windows2000] Re: Security
>
> what's the IP?
>
> lol
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jim Kenzig http://thin.net [mailto:jimkenz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: 03 March 2004 14:41
> To: windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [windows2000] Re: Security
>
>
> You are wasting your time trying to "track" them. Most are in Tawain,
> China
> or Russia.
> I am not sure what they are trying to get passwords to on your system that
> is open to the world. If it is Terminal Services you should enable all
> login
> success and failures and set it up so the accout is temporarily disabled
> after so many failures.
> This discourages most hackers. In your firewall you should set it up so
> only allowed IP's can TS in. For IIS you can do it the same way or set up
> IP authentication. If you have set up your system correctly and enforce
> strong passwords, you should have no worries about how often or how long
> people try to hack at it. For example you can try and FTP into my server
> until you are blue in the face but unless you are coming from an approved
> IP
> and then have the proper username and password you'll never get in.
> JK
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: windows2000-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:windows2000-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Bill Beckett
> Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2004 9:14 AM
> To: 'windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'
> Subject: [windows2000] Security
>
>
> How do you guys (aka the list) handle tracking down hackers without IDS? I
> know there is a program out there (can't remember the name) that will
> allow
> a hacker to scan systems for valid accounts. These accounts, of course,
> can
> be disabled but if some are enabled they can just start firing off random
> passwords. I can see entries/attempts in our sec log but there is no IP to
> trace them back to.
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