Re: [cobalt-users] Recent Hacks (resolution in sight)

["Gerald Waugh" <gerald@xxxxxxxxx>]

"Chris Mason" <chris@xxxxxx>  wrote
> You think you have problems! I got so paranoid with all this talk of
cracked
> machines that I rushed this morning to install ipchains, pmfirewall,
> portsentry, and logcheck. I only use SSH, I've disabled telnet.
> Unfortunately I was a little careless in my installation and I have now
> totally locked myself out of the machine. I can't ssh, there's no telnet,
> the gui is not available as I installed a certificate, I don't know what
> next to do. Even tech support at the hosting location may not be able to
get
> in!

If PortSentry locked you out go to a different system (IP) and login and
remove
your IP from /etc/hosts.deny and
/usr/local/psionic/portsentry/portsentry.blocked.tcp
Hope this helps, I never used it, but sounds reasonable.
Geald