intrusion detected

[albi at scii.nl]

On Fri, 12 Aug 2005 09:32:29 +0800
Brian Walker <bfwalker at gmail.com> wrote:

> 1. Most Linux users now are at least to some degree prepared to earn geek 
> points, and read/learn/do things with their systems

agreed

> 2. When Linux becomes even easier to install and use, we will see pure M$ 
> lusers running - say - Ubuntu just like a M$ box - they will be casual, 
> ignorant, fearful of CLI and have no concept of what/where /var/log is
> 3. I left my box open to the net through ssh, and had not installed a 
> firewall .... one of the things I was going to get around to when I had time 
> to read the manual and actually understand what I was doing ..... hah! 
> Scanners had picked me up and were trying to brute-force the password. Yes, 
> they failed, but it was probably only a matter of time. There are possibly 
> many out there like me. 

imho your example does not really make sense, as ubuntu does not install
the ssh-server by default
(you expect clueless "fearfull of CLI" newbies to install
the ssh-server in ubuntu ?)

apart from that i can imagine that in time security in linux will only
become better

installing a firewall with e.g. firestarter or gnome-lokkit is not that
very difficult btw