Hackers... get a life.

Every morning I am emailed a report of failed login attempts to my Red Hat Linux box from the previous day.

################### Logwatch 7.3 (03/24/06) ####################
Processing Initiated: Sun Apr 29 04:36:34 2007
Date Range Processed: yesterday
( 2007-Apr-28 )
Period is day.
Detail Level of Output: 0
Type of Output: unformatted
Logfiles for Host: essequibo.homeip.net
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sshd:
Authentication Failures:
unknown (www.ema.edu.ee): 1516 Time(s)
unknown (adsl-75-18-178-80.dsl.pltn13.sbcglobal.net): 122 Time(s)
root (adsl-75-18-178-80.dsl.pltn13.sbcglobal.net): 15 Time(s)
root (host242-19-dynamic.10-87-r.retail.telecomitalia.it): 12 Time(s)
root (www.ema.edu.ee): 8 Time(s)
postgres (www.ema.edu.ee): 3 Time(s)
clamav (www.ema.edu.ee): 2 Time(s)
lp (www.ema.edu.ee): 2 Time(s)
robert (www.ema.edu.ee): 2 Time(s)
adm (adsl-75-18-178-80.dsl.pltn13.sbcglobal.net): 1 Time(s)
apache (adsl-75-18-178-80.dsl.pltn13.sbcglobal.net): 1 Time(s)
bin (adsl-75-18-178-80.dsl.pltn13.sbcglobal.net): 1 Time(s)
clamav (adsl-75-18-178-80.dsl.pltn13.sbcglobal.net): 1 Time(s)
daemon (adsl-75-18-178-80.dsl.pltn13.sbcglobal.net): 1 Time(s)
download (www.ema.edu.ee): 1 Time(s)
ftp (adsl-75-18-178-80.dsl.pltn13.sbcglobal.net): 1 Time(s)
games (adsl-75-18-178-80.dsl.pltn13.sbcglobal.net): 1 Time(s)
gopher (adsl-75-18-178-80.dsl.pltn13.sbcglobal.net): 1 Time(s)
halt (adsl-75-18-178-80.dsl.pltn13.sbcglobal.net): 1 Time(s)
lp (adsl-75-18-178-80.dsl.pltn13.sbcglobal.net): 1 Time(s)
mail (adsl-75-18-178-80.dsl.pltn13.sbcglobal.net): 1 Time(s)
mailman (adsl-75-18-178-80.dsl.pltn13.sbcglobal.net): 1 Time(s)
mailnull (adsl-75-18-178-80.dsl.pltn13.sbcglobal.net): 1 Time(s)
mysql (adsl-75-18-178-80.dsl.pltn13.sbcglobal.net): 1 Time(s)
mysql (www.ema.edu.ee): 1 Time(s)
named (adsl-75-18-178-80.dsl.pltn13.sbcglobal.net): 1 Time(s)
news (adsl-75-18-178-80.dsl.pltn13.sbcglobal.net): 1 Time(s)
nfsnobody (adsl-75-18-178-80.dsl.pltn13.sbcglobal.net): 1 Time(s)
nobody (adsl-75-18-178-80.dsl.pltn13.sbcglobal.net): 1 Time(s)
operator (adsl-75-18-178-80.dsl.pltn13.sbcglobal.net): 1 Time(s)
postfix (adsl-75-18-178-80.dsl.pltn13.sbcglobal.net): 1 Time(s)
postfix (www.ema.edu.ee): 1 Time(s)
postgres (adsl-75-18-178-80.dsl.pltn13.sbcglobal.net): 1 Time(s)
robert (adsl-75-18-178-80.dsl.pltn13.sbcglobal.net): 1 Time(s)
rpc (adsl-75-18-178-80.dsl.pltn13.sbcglobal.net): 1 Time(s)
rpcuser (adsl-75-18-178-80.dsl.pltn13.sbcglobal.net): 1 Time(s)
rpm (adsl-75-18-178-80.dsl.pltn13.sbcglobal.net): 1 Time(s)
shutdown (adsl-75-18-178-80.dsl.pltn13.sbcglobal.net): 1 Time(s)
smmsp (adsl-75-18-178-80.dsl.pltn13.sbcglobal.net): 1 Time(s)
smmsp (www.ema.edu.ee): 1 Time(s)
sshd (adsl-75-18-178-80.dsl.pltn13.sbcglobal.net): 1 Time(s)
sync (adsl-75-18-178-80.dsl.pltn13.sbcglobal.net): 1 Time(s)
tomcat (adsl-75-18-178-80.dsl.pltn13.sbcglobal.net): 1 Time(s)
unknown (host242-19-dynamic.10-87-r.retail.telecomitalia.it): 1 Time(s)
uucp (adsl-75-18-178-80.dsl.pltn13.sbcglobal.net): 1 Time(s)
uucp (www.ema.edu.ee): 1 Time(s)
Invalid Users:
Unknown Account: 1639 Time(s)


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--------------------- SSHD Begin ------------------------


Failed logins from:
75.18.178.80 (adsl-75-18-178-80.dsl.pltn13.sbcglobal.net): 46 times
87.10.19.242 (host242-19-dynamic.10-87-r.retail.telecomitalia.it): 12 times
193.40.128.123 (www.ema.edu.ee): 22 times

Illegal users from:
75.18.178.80 (adsl-75-18-178-80.dsl.pltn13.sbcglobal.net): 122 times
87.10.19.242 (host242-19-dynamic.10-87-r.retail.telecomitalia.it): 1 time
193.40.128.123 (www.ema.edu.ee): 1516 times


Received disconnect:
11: Bye Bye : 1718 Time(s)

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--------------------- Disk Space Begin ------------------------

Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/mapper/VolGroup00-LogVol00
8.2G 5.1G 2.7G 66% /
/dev/hda1 99M 16M 79M 17% /boot
/dev/hdb1 38G 7.3G 29G 21% /ftp


---------------------- Disk Space End -------------------------


###################### Logwatch End #########################

This first attemp is from someone at this domain. I guess they are bored with learning about music and theatre? Who can blame them... there isn't much of a future from such a place unless they are planning on breaking into the Estonian film/acting industry or creating a band... " The Rolling Estonians" maybe?.

Maybe they are attempting to be an ethical hacker and land a job at the FBI?

Some of you may be wondering why I am up at such an ungodly hour on a Sunday. The answer to that is the cat... He did his almost nighly puke on our bedroom floor and it wakes me up. &^#&^$%@(!)$% cat.

Short Crappy Pond Video

Check out this short poor resolution video taken with my RAZR.

Post a Comment and help a School get new Playground Equipment!

Click here to read more.

I went to school with the computer lab manager, so let's help them convince General Mills that they deserve the 7k for new playground equipment!

Flying Dogs? (Gargoyale) - Dream

I was sitting at home in front of my computer and someone sends me an instant message on Windows Live messenger.

They ask me if I’ve seen the flying dogs yet. I tell them no and shrug off the incident. Shortly thereafter, I hear a commotion outside and see the neighbors pointing at the trees. I then see something swoop down out of the trees. It looks like a large dog with wings. I run outside to get a closer look and end up in a Tahoe by the side of the street with on of my friend’s old girlfriends.

She puts down the window and a baby flying dog makes it inside the vehicle. It is on the floor scratching my legs and flapping its wings. I keep telling her to grab it and toss it out the window. She is finally able to do so.  Then I woke up.

A few new Pond Pics

Roadway Litterbugs! UGH

Just about every day on my drive to and from work I see a cigarette butt get tossed out the window. It irks me to no end. Why can't they use an ashtray and dump those gross little mouth tirds in the trash where they belong?

NC has given me a way to report these litterbugs!

I use the voice recording feature of my mobile phone and record the Plate and location. Once a week ( or when I run out of space on my phone) I use the site above and report these do no gooders!

They supposedly get a nice letter from the State.

Does it do any good? Who knows, but I sure feel better about reporting them. ;)

One of the best parts of Spring and Summer!

My New Grill



This was dinner tonight along with some Uncle Ben's 90 second Spanish Rice and Sugar Snap Peas... YUM!

Picnic on Tarpon Belly

I was in the keys and the family had decided to picnic on Tarpon Belly, which is a series of 3 islands with two deep channels in between them. It used to be a fish farm at one time.
One of my co-workers (Michael Lemon) catches the last boat to the island with a commercial fisherman I knew on Summerland. I end up swimming around Summerland Key to the main highway (US1) where I stop by my favorite bait and tackle store. I need to buy some chips for the picnic. I end up paying $3.24 for a small bag of Tostitos scoops. I pay for it with a soaking wet $5 bill (wet from my swim around the island) and am on my way. Somehow, I end up getting a ride with this middle age guy down blimp road to his house. He’s going to loan me his 12 ft Jon boat with a 15 HP Mariner outboard so I can get to the party/picnic on Tarpon Belly. Halfway down the road to his house, we see a puff of smoke. Someone has started a fire in a white 55 gallon drum right on the edge of the road. We just barely make it by without dipping the truck in the water to the right. The gas tank is half full and the boat has water in it. The 3 drawer tackle box in the boat has no clasp to hold the lid to the bottom. I had to grab the tackle box by the bottom and top to lift it out of the boat. Finally I shove off from the dock and start the motor and begin to idle away from the dock. I then hear two kids say they need rides to the local college to take a networking class that I supposedly teach there. I tell them that they’ll have to find their own ride. I bring the boat up on a plane and wake up.

Sailboat dream

I was on a small sailboat somewhere in Mexico. I was sailing along minding my own business when a regatta ascended on me and swamped my boat. I ended up getting on one of the other boats. Turns out it was one of my old bosses. She and her husband are living their dream and sailing the Caribbean on their vessel the “Dog Star”. They are a member of The Caribbean 1500

And they often email us of their adventures.  I think I will post them as they are quite interesting reads.

 

DIY Waterproof Camera

I don't think they make a condom big enough for my Nikon Coolpix.

 

http://lifehacker.com/software/gadgets/friday-fun-waterproof-your-electronics-navy-seal+style-252183.php

 

Berries and Creme!

AM I missing something here? What's the deal?

Colorful awnings

I was driving to work the other day and saw a house with the most colorful awnings.

Check it out. I know the pic isnt the best.

Heehee

I'm Ofishally Edumaketed now!

5 long years and 20 grand later...

Scary Feral Bobcat Sound Dream

Carol and I are in some city where the buildings are two stories and you can get to all the roofs via cement staircases.

We hear what sounds like a bobcat growl and go to where the sound was thought to have emanated from to find a human skeleton stripped to the bones. The odd thing is that the teeth are not attached to the skull and still have pinkish gums above the teeth. At this point we are scared to death and wonder what the heck can be doing such a thing. We hear the sound again and quickly run away from it. Curiosity gets the best of me and I have to see if the same thing has happened again. It has… bones and teeth with gums attached.

We then see a large woman about to wade across a shallow 6 ft deep pond. We see her go underwater as she walks but she doesn’t appear on the other side. We fear that she too has met the same fate as the other two people. We never get to investigate because I wake up at that point.