On Mon, Jun 26, 2000 at 12:02:31PM -0500, Carl Wilhelm Soderstrom wrote: >>nmap? Are you scanning them? Or do you mean nslookup? > >after I noticed it (using ntop), I took a look back at them with nmap >(couldn't remember nslookup -- didn't have it installed on that >machine anyway). probably a mediocre idea, I know. You could have run a stealth scan -S i think. That may not even show up in the logs. > >I wrote a polite note about it to admin at wtn.rbm.com; hope I guessed >the address right. > Yes. I think winnt mail servers have default aliases to admin and administrator. if it's a linux box you can do root at foo.bar too. >this type of situation is something that ought to be included in >various security-HOWTOs. Good idea. You could write it up and submit it to the maintainers of said how-to as a proposal. I am sure the LUG'ers would be glad to submit ideas. I know I would. -- Ben Lutgens Cell: 651.387.9065 Home: 651.703.9541 "I thought Christmas only comes once a year..." James Bond - The World Is Not Enough ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org