crack attempts was Re: [ale] hack attempts

[Emil P. Man]

Barry Hawkins wrote:

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> Jim Philips wrote:
> | There may be a connection to my DNS issue here. When checking logs this
> | morning, I found numerous attempts to log on to my system as bogus 
> users
> | coming in through ssh. Here are come log entries:
> [...]
> By way of friendly reminder, please avoid the media-generated pejorative
> use of "hack" and "hacker".  This script kiddie or moron cracker is
> attempting to "crack" your system.  Hackers are the esteemed folks who
> brought us this and other open source alternatives to the commercial
> operating systems and software out there.
>
> 8^)
> - --
> Barry Hawkins
> All Things Computed
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>
> Registered Linux User #368650
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