[NTLUG:Discuss] Houston, we have a problem

[Michael Patrick]

I'm not sure what version of SSH they are running.  Telnetting to the port gave

SSH-1.5-1.2.27

which is much less than the result on my OpenSSH 2.9 machines.  Could that be the attack point?

Michael

On Sat, Nov 10, 2001 at 12:37:17AM -0600, Daniel Hauck wrote:
> Hahaha... how embarassing... :)
> 
> I guess our experts should keep up with security updates and such.  I wonder
> what method was used to hack in?  By the looks of it, the hacking was not
> malicious but simply a childish prank.  Gotta admire those kids to some
> degree anyway. :)  In a perfect world, we wouldn't need locks on our
> doors... :)
> 
> I hope it gets patched soon and the embarassed party, whoever that may be,
> learns the lesson they are teaching.