Re: "Don't panic"?

From: Mike Iglesias (iglesias@draco.acs.uci.edu)
Date: 01/28/02

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    From: iglesias@draco.acs.uci.edu (Mike Iglesias)
Date: 27 Jan 2002 23:39:58 GMT

    In article <jGK48.7286$gW4.4965860@news1.rdc1.mi.home.com>,
    Steve Snyder <swsnyder@home.com> wrote:
    >
    >"sshd[5918]: scanned from 203.58.81.100 with SSH-1.0-SSH_Version_Mapper.
    >Don't panic."
    >
    >Ok, I'm not panicking. Should I be concerned about this log entry, though?
    > It's the first time I've ever seen this type of report.

    It's probably someone who's looking for vulnerable ssh servers so they
    can hack the system. It appears that the IP address belongs to
    Telstra Internet, so try abuse@telstra.net. 

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