[TriLUG] illegal logon question

[jonc]

On Thu, 2006-03-09 at 09:05, Rick DeNatale wrote:
> On 3/9/06, Brian Henning <brian at strutmasters.com> wrote:
> > WA Brown wrote:
> > > If they dont break in then they wont get hurt! LOL!! I have no symapthy
> > > for a thief.
> > >
> >
> > Neither do I, but the wonderful US Justice System does.  Though possibly
> > urban legend, I've heard of burglars successfully suing homeowners after
> > the burglar was injured in the midst of his burglary attempt.
> >
> > Even if that particular sort of story is myth, the specifics of your
> > retribution are indeed established as illegal, as has already been said.
> 
> But Denny Crane could get him off!  This thread reminds me of the
> latest episode of Boston Legal, minus the nude photos.
> 
> --
> Rick DeNatale
> 

We might as well "go all the way"! Okay, here are the nude photos:
  http://www.maui.net/~liam/nudecarrot/nudecarrotwarning.html

Jon

BTW: I've reported many, many folks (from the US) that have their Linux
boxen taken over by script kiddies. Most times the folks are *very*
responsive and apologetic. In every case, the folks put up a standard
install without any hardening or firewalling.

The best call to action here is to have standard installs be hardened
against take-over from the internet.

The box attacking you is more a victim than you are... and nuking the
clueless is not what we advocate in the OpenSource world. :-)