firewall

[George Toft]

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 <bob.elzer at gmail.com 
> <mailto:bob.elzer at gmail.com>> 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" <bmike1 at gmail.com
>     <mailto:bmike1 at gmail.com>> 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~(-:
>
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