Re: I got hacked 3 times

From: Khayman (khayman_psp_at_yaho.se)
Date: 06/27/03 

Date: 27 Jun 2003 12:11:47 +0200

"roman dissertori" <r.dissertori@ecom-it.at> wrote in
news:bdh16r$c60$1@ulysses.news.tiscali.de:

> I'm using the operating System Linux - RedHat9
> I'm totally a newbie in linux-security and that's why I've got a
> Problem: A month ago, I got hacked by someone 3 times!

How did you get "hacked"?
Why do you think you were "hacked"?

> I always had to reinstall my distribution for security reasons.
> Poeple in groups.google suggested to do so after a successful hack.
> I changed the _standard known_ portnumbers and I denied the access for
> all incoming internet connections to the ports 0-1024 and mysql per
> protocol tcp and udp in my ipchains.

Did you verify by scanning your system from the outside that this was
really effective? If indeed you closed off all incoming ports with an
effective ipchains setup, there are very few ways anyone could ever crack
you...

Khay.