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Posted by Jerry Stuckle on 10/23/07 00:13
Sanders Kaufman wrote:
> "Jerry Stuckle" <jstucklex@attglobal.net> wrote in message
> news:4I2dnZdK9LwoCIHanZ2dnUVZ_tKinZ2d@comcast.com...
>> The Natural Philosopher wrote:
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>>> I accidentally left a machine with an open global telnet up - for about
>>> 2 weeks.
>>>
>>> No one hacked it. Its firewalled correctly now..
>> So? No one attempted to hack it in two weeks. What does that prove?
>> Maybe they weren't worth hacking?
>
> An open, freely available, unsecured, global telnet box - NOT WORTH
> HACKING??!!
> It's the Holy Grail of botnet zombies.
>
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>> Some of the sites I monitor have had over 500 attempts per day to access
>> various ports. Telnet wasn't one of them because it's not active. But
>> there are many other ports which could be active. I finally had to take
>> additional steps to secure the systems.
>
> Hackers don't *try* to connect via telnet because it's not active?
> What - are you pre-notifying them?
> No, of course not.
> You're just making shit up to embiggen yourself.
>
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>
But telnet is not the only port - in fact, it's one of the least often
ports hackers try to access. There are much more lucrative ones.
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