Patti tell me more about your system. But I don't think this is the place to talk about it. email me:terrybell@tds.net. my apologies to the rest of you. Terry ----- Original Message ----- From: "Adam Shultz" <WldFlwr@Tomah.com> To: <WIRICHLA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, December 29, 2001 6:19 PM Subject: [WIRICHLA] There ARE LAWS against.. > malicious behavior. The problem is catching these guys. This year we added a > Firewall that blocks the hackers and it also tells us the exact date, time > and the internet address of the computer from which the hacking is > occurring. Then with a site called SamSpade we can trace the URL and decode > it and get the internet provider for the hacker. That has let us notify the > internet services that they have a hacker and tells them which computer was > used. Then it is up to them to go after the hackers. They suspend service. > Just who is responsible for prosecuting is sort of up in the air. Websites > that are attacked do pursue these guys. Harvard Neuro finally started > prosecuting and internet service providers do cooperate. > > The really talented hackers can do a "bounce" though and fake the address of > the computer and they can't be easily traced. Most turn out to be college > kids just messing around. Our hackers this year have been from all over the > nation and we had a couple of them from university computers in Europe. > > Basically it is our responsibility to protect ourselves. It may not be fair > but that is just the way it is. With a good Firewall we can at least prevent > damage to our own systems and potentially to those of all our address book > contacts. > > We get an average of two hackers per week now. And a variation on the theme > is probing ports to look for ones they can enter. Most are still trying to > spread viruses and we keep getting SubSeven Trojan Horse attempts. > > If you are on the internet you should protect your system. > > patti shultz > > > > > Why can't someone design a virus that will do something good for a change. > > And why is there no law against such malicious behavior? > > > > Terry > > > > > ==== WIRICHLA Mailing List ==== > Search the list archives: > http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl - put WIRICHLA for > the name of the list > >