fash-biz-digest

Your server logs


We all know that the internet is a public place and that network attack is likely due to the availability of free utilities essential for:

-password cracking
-network scanning
-unauthorized access to application server
-and man-in-the-middle attack

Examples of the above tools, enable a youngman based in Florida to configure the server on a New York company to the servers of telephone companies. The young man retailed this illegal routing access to his own clients, who made about 500 000 telephone calls. Leaving the New-York based investement advisory firm with a bill of 300 000 dollars. He is currently under criminal investigations and there is a simple message there for all network administrators; how often do you check your server's log, just to see what was bouncing off your machines.


Source of story
IHT June 8, 2006