Matthew Miller wrote:
On Wed, Apr 27, 2005 at 10:56:38AM -0500, Aleksandar Milivojevic
wrote:
>>there are numerous brute force ssh attacks in the web.
>>I was quite curious, and for fun, I created the typical
>>user accounts and set easy to guess passwords....
>
>Generally, very bad idea. Unless you know exactly what you are doing,
>which you obviously don't.
What's the harm? I mean, assuming you're planning on doing a limited,
controlled experiment?
Was it controlled? Was it really limited? Judging from original post,
I wouldn't be suprised if his entire local network got infected.
>You don't just unplug network cable. You wipe off machine and
reinstall
>it from scratch. Simple as that.
Sure. But it doesn't hurt to investigate what happened. It's educational.
Sure, investigate. Learn. And then wipe off the harddrives.
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