Cracked

[John]

Jim Cheetham wrote:
> John wrote:
> 
>> Jim Cheetham wrote:
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>>> John wrote:
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>>>> If you're attached to the Internet, check your logs.
>>>
>>> install logcheck
>>
>> Too slow. It's no use at all to prevent someone from breaking in.
> 
> 
> Neither is "check your logs" - unless you're staring 24x7 at the log 

I am proposing just that. by program. Response time under one second. By 
default, you get one chance, no more.


> files, and can type as fast as Tsutomu Shimomura! By default, logcheck 

Faster.

> emails summaries once an hour (as I'm sure you know, I'm talking to a 

How many people (realistically) do you need to read the logs? Where I 
work we have one part-timer. Most home users don't even know to check 
the logs.

> wider audience here). These are useful enough to tell you what services 
> are being probed, and to allow you to check their config and close them 
> down/tighten them up.

Too slow. How many passwords could I check in an hour against sue.ecosm.com?

Realistically, I'd have at least an hour and a half, and if I picked my 
time maybe several hours.