[SlugBug] DDoS help required

Neil McGovern maulkin at halon.org.uk
Wed Jul 16 08:34:53 BST 2003


On Wed, Jul 16, 2003 at 02:02:23AM +0100, Jonathan wrote:
> It's a server owned by a customer so an update and proper firewall have 
> been recommended, but I'm just wondering if I can do something else in 
> the meantime.

Yup,
Unplug it from the network :P

Seriously, if it's affecting other customers machines, you should do
this until problems can be sorted.

In the mean time, running ssh on a non-standard port my help confuse
those script kiddies.
The customer is running ssh v2 aren't they?

Neil
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