On Fri, 22 Aug 2014, Kent Timm wrote to mark lewis:   
      
    KT> Thanks for the info on the DNS lookup.  I will keep that in mind    
    KT> when watching odd activity.  I belive Netfoss can disable the DNS    
    KT> lookup, but it doesn't seem to take long to do when I've been    
    KT> watching it.    Interestingly (to me at least) when I telnet to    
    KT> the BBS from my main computer, it resolves the name for it within    
    KT> my lan.   
      
   yeah, i guess you have some type of DNS or hosts file stuff in place for your   
   local LAN names to be resolving... i do here for the dozen or so machines   
   running on this network... it is SOP for my installations ;)   
      
    KT> I also run a webserver and have seen a few hack attemps, like stuff   
    KT> trying to access default paths for mysql and php, which are not   
    KT> installed since I have no need for them.   
      
   yeah, that's common... skidiots running scripts trying to find ways into a   
   system... i see them all the time on my static pages... it is funny but after   
   a while it gets old... this is one of the reasons why my perimeter firewall   
   has active response protections in operation and blocks those IPs as soon as   
   the violation(s) are detected... it even blocks attempts to connect to ports   
   for services that aren't running here (eg: MSSQL) ;)   
      
    KT> I was going to try adding a mailserver also (hmailserevr for    
    KT> windows) but it was  driving me crazy and decided to just leave me    
    KT> email going the register forwarders.  I figured I have enough    
    KT> hoobies with out adding a mail serevr and watching it for spam.    
    KT> (ie I'd rather work on my model trains and ham radio stuff then    
    KT> fighter spammers:)     
      
   any mail server being run today pretty much requires that spam, virus and   
   malware detection be part and parcel of the install... my mail server has such   
   as well as the added of my active response protections which detect things   
   like a system being rejected for spam because they are listed in a spam block   
   database somewhere... there's many things that i'm glad those protections   
   monitor for... even attempts at trying to log into an account too many times   
   with failures get blocked... and definitely don't try to scan my system   
   because you will be blocked :lol:   
      
   )\/(ark   
      
   Good security is not something you have, its something you do.   
      
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