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To: Jim Burnham who wrote (131)	4/5/2001 12:43:51 AM
From: Greg from Edmonton	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 210

I got hacked. What initially tipped you off, Jim? I would appreciate if you could share more details with us, i.e.: - what operating system and version was running on the system - what services / daemons were running - what was the vulnerability that was likely exploited to cause the breach? And at least as important, what will you be doing differently next time? Will you be running anything as elaborate as PortSentry or an IDS?

To: Jim Burnham who wrote (131)	4/5/2001 12:23:12 PM
From: PJ Strifas	Respond to of 210

Hey Jim...sorry to hear about it but you seem to have the right perspective on it - learn from it and make your system stronger. There are several good sites to use such as www.cert.org and www.sans.org that have information on how to "harden" your system to the most common attacks. This will defend against those "not too talented hackers" and script kiddies. The really good hackers will always find some way to get in (and usually its through some social engineering too!). The idea is to throw enough speed bumps in the way that will slow them down enough for you to notice and take action. This is how security works in the real world - there's no reason to re-invent the wheel in cyberspace. Regards, Peter J Strifas