On Sun, Oct 29, 2000 at 03:58:56PM -0800, Ian Eure wrote:
> i've seen a ton of ftp scans in the last week.
>
> they have come from:
>
> 62.226.217.222 (p3EE2D9DE.dip.t-dialin.net)
> 64.209.232.25 (isengard.iad4.gctr.net)
> 62.20.37.140 (basecamp.gotland.se)
> 24.28.122.195 (cs28122-195.houston.rr.com)
> 24.162.74.203 (cs16274-203.austin.rr.com)
>
> all this has been in the last week. i run wu-ftpd 2.6.0, with a backport
> of the fix from 2.6.1. high risk, but there's no anonymous account, and no
> untrusted users have access to ftp.
>
> somewhat OT, can someone recommend a more secure ftpd? it seems like
> almost all of the ftp daemons had (have?) bad security problems.
There are no known security holes in the latest version of wu-ftpd
which is as you mentioned 2.6.1.
As for these type of scans, looks like they are world wide and are
mainly targeted at Linux.
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Eilon Gishri eilon_at_aristo.tau.ac.il
Security Consultant Mobile: +972-54-303595
Received on Nov 01 2000
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