[ale] iptables rules

Geoffrey esoteric at 3times25.net
Wed Aug 4 21:05:42 EDT 2004


Chris Fowler wrote:
> On Wed, 2004-08-04 at 15:26, Jonathan Rickman wrote:
> 
>>>2 Trojans were found on this machine and I think it has 
>>>become a spam box.
>>
>>
>>I guess I just can't resist asking the obvious question. Why not just clean
>>up the box?
> 
> 
> That is a temp solution.  A long term solution is to load Linux on it.  
> The box is not mine.  It is my neighbors.

Oh, in that case, unplug the ethernet to that box...

Temporary security solutions are not solutions, they are hidden problems...


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Until later, Geoffrey       Registered Linux User #108567
                             AT&T Certified UNIX System Programmer - 1995



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