(Continued from Highway to Dell, part five.) Yesterday I noticed a problem with ssh on the Dell Inspiron 1525: I could ssh in any direction between the laptop and other computers on the same wireless network, but not to a computer outside of the wireless network. The issue was already reported as Bug #237894: I… Continue reading Highway to Dell, part six
Tag: ssh
Amazon Web Services used for ssh login attempts
I get ssh login attempts almost daily, mostly from DSL, asian or eastern european IP addresses but this one caught my eye: Illegal users from these: 75.101.221.220 (ec2-75-101-221-220.compute-1.amazonaws.com): 210 times admin/password: 16 times test/password: 15 times tester/password: 15 times testing/password: 15 times guest/password: 14 times adm/password: 6 times administrator/password: 5 times . . . It… Continue reading Amazon Web Services used for ssh login attempts
Domain-name based ssh login attempts
The last few weeks I have noticed some illicit ssh login attempts that uses parts of the reverse DNS domain name as user name when it tries to login. The last attempt looked like this in my LogWatch summary: Illegal users from these: 195.38.107.55 (aquila.euroexpert.tvnet.hu): 9 times root/password: 4 times cenara/password: 2… Continue reading Domain-name based ssh login attempts