RE: [cobalt-users] FTP Attack ??

["Mark Epstein" <mepstein@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I started getting these email again today.  I recently joined the list
(about a week), and was getting email consistently.  They stopped (I think
yesterday) and then today the emails started again at 3pm PST.

-----Original Message-----
From: cobalt-users-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:cobalt-users-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Matt
Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2003 3:00 PM
To: cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [cobalt-users] FTP Attack ??


First: have there been any issues with the list lately? I have sent this
email twice and it never seems to reach it's destination, plus I haven't
received any email's either.

Hello,

I would of checked the archives for this, but they seem to be down:
http://list.cobalt.com/mailman/listinfo/cobalt-users/

Anyway, Last night I saw a TON of FTP logins for user "nobody" in turn
causing the machine to crash and burn slowly but surely. Has anyone else
seen this, is there a way to prevent this type of attack? I am running
proftpd on a RAQ550 (default install). I was thinking about just changing
the default User and Group to something different to see if that would make
a difference.

Thank You,

Matt

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