This is why trimming is not always a good thing. I was replying to another persons post. I neither connect to my computers over the internet nor let anyone make more then a port 80 connection Munir Nassar wrote: >On Thu, 21 Aug 2003, Sam MacDonald wrote: > > > >>Wow that is nasty. >>I have DSL and I use a Linksys router. I hid behind the router using >>only the ports necessary to achieve my needs. Everyone in the house has >>access to the internet but only the ports I need are enabled to receive >>or send data. I've run several port scanners against my system form >>other locations and have had very good results. >> >> > >indeed, but did you check for vulnerabilities? > >you said you were using redhat 6.2, which did not include openssh, so you >probably had to connect to it using telnet. telnet sends your password >over the wire in plain text and anyone can sniff it. Same goes for ftp. > >additionally, redhat 6.2 has been out of support for a while, so even if >you installed all the latest patches from redhat, you would still have >vulnerabilities. > >redhat 6.2 also used wu-ftpd. nuff said. > >was this system behind the firewall? if so then i would consider each and >every one of your other systems suspect as well. > >Munir Nassar >RedConcepts.NET >http://redconcepts.net/ > >_______________________________________________ >TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota >http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org >https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > > _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list