Re: Is this evidence of a break-in attempt?

From: Alfred Perlstein (bright@mu.org)
Date: 02/05/02 

Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2002 10:53:20 -0800
From: Alfred Perlstein <bright@mu.org>
To: Kevin Kinsey <k_a_kinsey@netzero.net>

* Kevin Kinsey <k_a_kinsey@netzero.net> [020205 10:43] wrote:
> From: "Yonatan Bokovza" <Yonatan@xpert.com>
>
>
> > > From: Alfred Perlstein [mailto:bright@mu.org]
> > > * Victor Grey <victor@customdynamic.net> [020205 09:53] wrote:
> >
> > Presenting: "Perlstein. Alfred Perlstein! BOFH!!" ;-)
> >
> > Reagrds,
> > Yonatan.
>
> Well, maybe. How 'bout "XA that made me ROTFLMAO!!"
> <read "xcellent authority" and most of you know the rest....)
>
> And, on a related tangent ... are we assuming that since the reboot
> occurred around midnight someone was attempting to circumvent the
> logs due to their rollover time? (Pardon me if I seem an idiot, I'm
> still laughing....)

I think you guys are seriously giving the NOC more credit than
they are due. :-)

As per-phk's .sig:
 "Never attribute to malice what can easily be explained by incompetance." 

-- 
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 start asking why software is ignoring 30 years of accumulated wisdom.'
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