[H-GEN] FTP login by wtmp?

Raymond Smith raymonds at uq.net.au
Mon Aug 23 19:49:38 EDT 1999


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On Mon, 23 Aug 1999, Everist, Geoff wrote:
> "This user has had their account suspended, and I will be speaking with
> them personally."
> 
> Why do I feel somewhat underwhelmed?

I understand, having been hacked myself, but what would whelm you?

There is very little an ISP can do besides report this to the police, the
police can't do anything unless there is a complaint to them from the
owner of the machine which is difficult seeing they are in NZ and you are
in Oz.

Cheers,

Raymond

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