[linux-help] Re: Port 18593 attacks

[Michael Osten <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>
> or prosecution.  If it is someone who is with another internet service
> provider, then she can forward your log files and that isp so that they
> can deal with the deviant customer.  If you want to send her your log
> files, then COPY & PASTE the logs (not forward them) into an email and
> send them to abuse@xxxxxxx.  Apparently asking people to be nice on the
> internet doesn't work, going after them legally (if enough evidence can
> be gathered and presented in court) is going to be the only way to stop
> the deviant computer users.  ~Anne
>
>
My advice..

Make sure you machine is up to date with patches and don't worry about 
port scans, you'll lose too much sleep.

I'm L3 for a major ISP, and I can tell you that if you forward port 
scan complaints, they will be more or less ignored...there are too many 
infected computers to track each and every one down.  It would pretty 
much take a law enforcement inquiry..and even then logs aren't kept 
around very long.


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