It was in /var/log/messages. Regards, George Toft On 9/1/2014 4:44 PM, Michael Havens wrote: > What logs would record that stuff? I want to see! > > :-)~MIKE~(-: > > > On Wed, Aug 27, 2014 at 7:32 AM, Bob Elzer > wrote: > > My question would be, how many times a day does someone try to > break into your system ? > > If you don't know the answer then maybe you should be running a > firewall. > > It really depends on whether your network is secure or not, > usually what secures your network is a firewall. If that's the one > on your router then that should be enough. > > Looking in your log files for strange IP's and failed password > attempts will let you know if people are trying to get in, if > you're running a web server look in the error logs for attempts to > access non existing files, usually a bunch from the same IP. > > Windows may have more vulnerabilities, but they will still try to > break into Linux systems. > > Search and read about fail2ban, that's one tool to use when you > need to have a service open to the internet. > > Hope this helps > > On Aug 26, 2014 8:15 PM, "Michael Havens" > wrote: > > I hear people say, "Even Linux users need a firewall." > My question is..... why? I've runlinux since '98 w/o a > firewall (aside from the one sent with my modem/router). Isn't > that good enough? > :-)~MIKE~(-: > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss