[ale] 300,000 failed login attempts in 6 months!!!

Brian Pitts brian at polibyte.com
Tue Aug 19 18:30:51 EDT 2008


Michael B. Trausch wrote:
> Are they that easily fooled, or do they just think that a few seconds is
> too much time to waste on scanning?

My speculation was that if the admin has changed the port, they no
longer care about attacking it. Targeting the low-hanging fruit may be
more efficient.

-Brian


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