Re: [cobalt-users] brute force attempt

["Carrie Bartkowiak" <ravencarrie@xxxxxxxx>]

> Hey Carrie
>
> Are you sure this isn't a command line that you added in your PortSentry
> config file to run after a hit?
>
> Curtis Ross

Curtis that makes sense!
I wanted it installed as quickly as possible and figured I'd take the time
to learn how to do it right on my Linux box here at home rather than risk my
box taking the time for a 'learning process', so I had Zeffie install it for
me. Maybe that's a command he put in there so it would mail something to me.
The command doesn't mail me anything, by the way *L*... so don't try this at
home. Need to tweak it and get the line right.  LogChecker does pick these
lines up though and send them to me so that's how I get them.

That's too funny - I *thought* the command was to do a whois on the ip and
pipe it out through sendmail, and I kept wondering why these people were
doing whois commands on themselves, from my box!!
That's a relief... it was bugging me to death.  :)

Thanks!
CarrieB