[linux-help] Re: recent hacks

[Bruce Bales <bbales@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Ben,
It's embarrassing, but I was running a just-installed RH 6.2 with no updates,
wide open to the cable.  Because I was trying to set it up as a firewall, I was
running most of the time as root.  And several times I left it on all night.
Wonder how I got hacked. : ^ )

bruce

"Benjamin F.Bunck" wrote:

> Several ACLUG mailing list members have posted recently that they have been
> hacked.  Have any of you guys figured out how your machines were exploited?
> I'd be very interested to know what distros you guys are using and what
> services you had running on the machines that were hacked.  Also, what
> firewall measures had you implemented?
>
> Ben
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