Re: [cobalt-security] RE: OT: Mail to Windows Admins (WAS: Hacking Hacking My RAQ4i)

[Paul Gillingwater <paul@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Quoting "Michael J. Cannon" <mcannon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
[good advice deleted]

> Grow up, people.  Educate YOURSELVES.  Stealth your ports, redirect
> them, drop packets, 'hook' the probes and, if you must, or have SERIOUS
> problems, report the offenders to their ISP or simply black hole them.

> Don't become part of the problem, in order to solve it.  If you don't
> know what you're doing, don't do anything.  Go back to your porn, stock
> quotes and /.

Dear Mr Cannon,

Someone got out of bed on the wrong side this morning.

It's clear you know something about security.  If you're on this list,
then it's likely to be for one of two reasons: either you wish to participate
in the community, and learn from other's experience (as most of us do),
or you're graciously here to teach the rest of us from your own experience.

I think a more helpful response would be to explain why you think it
unadvisable to perform a few lookups, and attempt to notify the person
whose box has been compromised.  I agree that it's generally a thankless
task, and that our time would better be invested in securing our own boxes,
however let's see if we can all be a bit more courteous in future.

Perhaps I can refer you to this excellent article, on "Egoless 
Administration":

http://freshmeat.net/articles/view/259/

Kind regards,

Paul Gillingwater

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