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Re: [LUG] OT: Anonymous FTP access from China

 

Gordon Henderson wrote:
> 
> Seeing very few anonymous attempts right now. Several dictionary attacks 
> from Belgium... and one site trying to connect as "USER Administrator" 
> 7000 times in the past week... (From somewhere in Indonesia)

Do you not kill such attempts using fail2ban or similar.

> That's just one server though - quick check of a few others - no - nothing 
> significant for anonymous logins...

Probably someone put a mistyped ftp link, although they seem a
persistent bunch.

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