[geeks] Oops...

[geeks at sunhelp.org]

Well, I can't think of anything that this would help them with. When being
probed its better to stay quiet and let the joker do his work (with lots of
logging).

James Fogg, Network Engineer
Vicinity Corporation - New Hampshire
(603) 442-1751

~ -----Original Message-----
~ From: Rick Hamell [mailto:hamellr at heorot.1nova.com]
~ Sent: Saturday, January 12, 2002 5:44 AM
~ To: geeks at sunhelp.org
~ Subject: Re: [geeks] Oops...
~ 
~ 
~ 	Well, just talked to a Chris someone or another from 
~ the ISP that
~ runs Frys.com. He confirmed that that was a honey pot, with a 
~ lot of files
~ that would overwrite other critical files one Windows, Mac, AND Unix
~ systems. He mentioned a "file bomb," that would over write
~ /etc/password. (*rolls eyes,* like any one would actully run 
~ an unknown
~ file as root?) But he still wanted help tracking down another 
~ domain that
~ apparently had been trying to hack into the site. And that is 
~ apparently
~ in Oregon. Unluckily for him, I don't have any of those 
~ emails any more
~ so... SOL.
~ 
~ 	Rick
~ 
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