Re: A slap on the wrist...?

[Rob McCauley <robmccau () RADONC DUKE EDU>]

> All you're missing is probably just the fact that there are a lot of
> overly paranoid, trigger-happy, dudes on this list who don't yet really
> know how to tell the difference between a real threat and a lamer
> speeding by in a hot-rod on the next street over....

Some of us can't tell what really represents a threat, some can.  Some,
like me, can tell when an attack doesn't pose any risk to my systems, but
know that there's some poor sucker on the net who's been adminning boxen
for all of 3 days and is going to get nailed by said script kiddie.  I
don't think any of us benefit from yet another hacked box on the net.

I still maintain that if you see a scan with fairly obvious malicious
intent and you have the time (which probably most of us don't), report
it.  You may well be doing someone the favor of letting them know their
box has been compromised.  This isn't trigger-happy, this is seeing the
neighbor's kid trying to break into cars, however incompetently, and
giving the neighbor a friendly call knowing they probably don't want their
kid doing this.  Personally, I'd want to know.

Rob