Re: [cobalt-security] BIG mistake = Big problem = need help pls!

[John Mehan <jmehan@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

I did this one time as well.  If you have a backup of your system, you
could simply restore an old host.deny file from an old backup.

Worked for me, but of course this won't work if you don't have any
backups.

Hope that helps,

John

--- Icehouse <icehouse@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> What about going into the web based interface [control panel] and
> activating
> standard telnet???
> 
> 
> on the raq 4i
> 
> http://www.maindomain.com/admin/
> 
> then select conrtol panel on left
> 
> then check telnet and scroll down to the save button click save and
> try a
> standard telnet
> 
> depending on what you have going on theis might work?
> 
> Hope it helps
> 
> ~Icehouse~
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mez" <mez@xxxxxxx>
> To: <cobalt-security@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, March 22, 2002 9:41 AM
> Subject: [cobalt-security] BIG mistake = Big problem = need help pls!
> 
> 
> > OK I have made a big f*** up on my cobalt Raq3 using tcp_wrappers -
> which
> > looks like it has left everyone denied access via SSH, telnet and
> ftp.
> >
> > I was trying to make the server more secure as ive been having
> failed
> loggin
> > attemps for users therefore I added ALL: ALL to hosts.deny and
> THOUGH i
> had
> > added my host correctly to the hosts.allow file - but it looks like
> I
> havent
> > as I am unable to ssh into the server now.
> >
> > The people who host the server, cobaltrack, say there is nothing
> they can
> do
> > except reload the OS - which is out of the questions as nothing is
> backup
> on
> > the server.
> >
> > The only access I have to the server now is via the web based
> interface,
> > which i hardly ever used. Anyways I was thinking the old way around
> this
> > would be to make a PKG file that I could load from the web based
> interface
> > which would replace my hosts.allow and hosts.deny with CLEAN copies
> of
> them,
> > only prob is I have no idea how to make a PKG file to do this.
> >
> > If anyone could guide me in the right steps, some hits on where to
> look on
> > the net etc about writing PKG files i would be most greatfull
> >
> > Thanks
> > -John
> >
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