anyone know a good way to mess with DOSers?

[Falco98]

my FTP server (vermillion) keeps getting dictionary attacked (i
believe). some random IP address will suddenly connect and attempt to
login to the "Administrator" account for hours on end, if I don't
manually disconnect it. luckily, there is no such account, so i believe
i'm fairly safe at this point. But i'm just sort of ****ed off, so does
anyone know of some way i might get some quick, satisfying revenge?
nothing illegal necessarily like DOSing them, or even necessarily
reporting to their ISP (it's usually somewhere in china anyway). Maybe
something to scare them, just harmlessly. i dunno. any ideas?

[Harry Ohrn]

messing with hackers is not often the best strategy for a newbie. You could
open yourself up to so nasty business. Doesn't your ftp server have an anti
hammering option? Try turning that on.

--

Harry Ohrn MS-MVP [Shell\User]
www.webtree.ca/windowsxp


"Falco98" > wrote in message
. ..
> my FTP server (vermillion) keeps getting dictionary attacked (i believe).
> some random IP address will suddenly connect and attempt to login to the
> "Administrator" account for hours on end, if I don't manually disconnect
> it. luckily, there is no such account, so i believe i'm fairly safe at
> this point. But i'm just sort of ****ed off, so does anyone know of some
> way i might get some quick, satisfying revenge? nothing illegal
> necessarily like DOSing them, or even necessarily reporting to their ISP
> (it's usually somewhere in china anyway). Maybe something to scare them,
> just harmlessly. i dunno. any ideas?

[Falco98]

Harry Ohrn wrote:
> messing with hackers is not often the best strategy for a newbie.

somehow i doubt that someone using a scriptish dictionary attack against
an FTP server is gonna be able to fight back very effectively. plus who
said i'm a newbie, just since I'm not sure how best to fight back?


> Doesn't your ftp server have an anti hammering option?

no. I suppose I could use something else, but then i'd have to pay
again and reconfigure everything.

[Glen]

Use serv-u its the server I use and it has a free option which might be
suitable for you. Yes you would have to set it up but that is up to you if
you think its worth it. There is an option to block users who connect more
than X times in X seconds for X minutes.

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"Falco98" > wrote in message
m...
> Harry Ohrn wrote:
>> messing with hackers is not often the best strategy for a newbie.
>
> somehow i doubt that someone using a scriptish dictionary attack against
> an FTP server is gonna be able to fight back very effectively. plus who
> said i'm a newbie, just since I'm not sure how best to fight back?
>
>
>> Doesn't your ftp server have an anti hammering option?
>
> no. I suppose I could use something else, but then i'd have to pay again
> and reconfigure everything.

[Harry Ohrn]

Do as you please.
--

Harry Ohrn MS-MVP [Shell\User]
www.webtree.ca/windowsxp


"Falco98" > wrote in message
m...
> Harry Ohrn wrote:
>> messing with hackers is not often the best strategy for a newbie.
>
> somehow i doubt that someone using a scriptish dictionary attack against
> an FTP server is gonna be able to fight back very effectively. plus who
> said i'm a newbie, just since I'm not sure how best to fight back?
>
>
>> Doesn't your ftp server have an anti hammering option?
>
> no. I suppose I could use something else, but then i'd have to pay again
> and reconfigure everything.