Somebody bruteforcing my password

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    Default Somebody bruteforcing my password

    Hello

    does anybody have an idea how to get an ip address of the
    person responsible for bruteforcing my passwd? It seems
    that event logger doesn't log the source of the malicious
    packet... :\

    Thanx in advance,
    MasteriZ
    MasteriZ Guest

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    Default Re: Somebody bruteforcing my password

    >-----Original Message-----
    >Mmm seems unlikely that anyone's doing that....
    >
    >You're not on dial-up, right?
    >
    >Are you using the built-in Windows XP Internet
    Connection Firewall (ICF)?
    >Or something else....
    >
    >For ICF:
    >1) Go to your Network Connections (in Control Panel), r-
    click, and select
    >Properties
    >2) Click the Advanced tab, then click Settings
    >3) Then, click the Security Logging tab
    >This tells you where your log file goes (it's plain
    text), and what its name
    >is. You'll want to enable connection logging.
    >
    >But I still have my doubts that it's happening.
    >
    >What makes you think it is? Anything specific?
    >
    >
    >Good luck,
    >-Lawrence in Seattle
    >
    actually, i'm administering a lan (~60 users) and i'm
    using the pc with WinXP as a workstation. So it's quite
    possibe that some users (hackers-wannabes) are hoping to
    gain access to routers, etc. by first gaining access to
    my workstation. anyways, my system security log is
    filled "logon failed" - 3 tries (until account locks out)
    in one minute. Because I'm in lan, i don't want to use
    ICW - i'm just too lazy to enable file&print sharing,
    local net chat etc. ;-)
    anyway, thanks for advice, but i think i'll just keep
    sniffing myself for suspicious netbios sessions :-)

    Thank you,
    MasteriZ
    MasteriZ Guest

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