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[ale] 300,000 failed login attempts in 6 months!!!
- Subject: [ale] 300,000 failed login attempts in 6 months!!!
- From: brian at polibyte.com (Brian Pitts)
- Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2008 19:18:35 -0400
- In-reply-to: <[email protected]>
- References: <003301c90200$e959c5c0$0301000a@S0030153310> <[email protected]> <1219182293.25674.0.camel@zest> <[email protected]> <1219184504.27794.2.camel@zest> <[email protected]>
Forsaken wrote:
>
> Port scanning an entire netblock for every possible available port is
> a very large increase in scan time (and if your IDS/IPS is any good,
> chances are it'll notice it). It's not a panacea, but it can buy you
> some relief from the joyriders unless they're especially bored that
> night.
That's just Amazon trying to recruit your box into becoming an EC2 node.
-Brian