I've noticed my log contains lines like these - any bright ideas as to what might be happening? or how to diagnose? the following block btw is ALL the lines from messages - I'm not editing anything out in the time span noted. thanks - cdb. ------------------------------------------ Jul 6 15:50:43 ns5 kernel: s[21236]: segfault at 0000000000177001 rip 0000000008061da8 rsp 00000000ffa88550 error 4 Jul 6 19:00:26 ns5 kernel: s[22842]: segfault at 0000000074736146 rip 0000000074736146 rsp 00000000ffef429c error 14 Jul 6 19:21:27 ns5 kernel: s[23000]: segfault at 0000000000000001 rip 0000000008067505 rsp 00000000ff9d3d7c error 4 Jul 6 20:10:36 ns5 kernel: s[23418]: segfault at 0000000008007500 rip 0000000008007500 rsp 00000000ffe431ec error 14 Jul 6 21:33:26 ns5 kernel: s[24076]: segfault at 0000000000000001 rip 0000000008067505 rsp 00000000ffdf699c error 4 Jul 6 21:42:29 ns5 kernel: s[24147]: segfault at 0000000008007500 rip 0000000008007500 rsp 00000000ffb04eac error 14 Jul 7 03:50:43 ns5 kernel: s[26734]: segfault at 0000000000177001 rip 0000000008061da8 rsp 00000000ff857320 error 4 Jul 7 05:09:39 ns5 kernel: s[27883]: segfault at 00000000083e6f72 rip 0000000008061da8 rsp 00000000fff121e0 error 4 Jul 7 07:00:27 ns5 kernel: s[28649]: segfault at 0000000074736146 rip 0000000074736146 rsp 00000000ffe319dc error 14 Jul 7 07:21:28 ns5 kernel: s[28794]: segfault at 00000000082056c1 rip 0000000008061da8 rsp 00000000fff139e0 error 4 Jul 7 08:10:37 ns5 kernel: s[29160]: segfault at 0000000008007500 rip 0000000008007500 rsp 00000000ff9bfd6c error 14 Jul 7 09:33:28 ns5 kernel: s[29771]: segfault at 0000000000000001 rip 0000000008067505 rsp 00000000ffe0b9bc error 4 -------------------------- also, there are obvious attempts to hack into my server: Jun 17 11:29:09 ns5 proftpd[4693]: ns5.cdbsystems.com (fwgw.osaka.seikyou.ne.jp[61.202.156.253]) - no such user 'Administrator' Jun 17 11:29:16 ns5 proftpd[4699]: ns5.cdbsystems.com (fwgw.osaka.seikyou.ne.jp[61.202.156.253]) - FTP session opened. Jun 17 11:29:16 ns5 proftpd[4699]: ns5.cdbsystems.com (fwgw.osaka.seikyou.ne.jp[61.202.156.253]) - no such user 'Administrator' Jun 17 11:29:22 ns5 proftpd[4700]: ns5.cdbsystems.com (fwgw.osaka.seikyou.ne.jp[61.202.156.253]) - FTP session opened. Jun 17 11:29:23 ns5 proftpd[4700]: ns5.cdbsystems.com (fwgw.osaka.seikyou.ne.jp[61.202.156.253]) - no such user 'Administrator' Jun 17 11:29:29 ns5 proftpd[4701]: ns5.cdbsystems.com (fwgw.osaka.seikyou.ne.jp[61.202.156.253]) - FTP session opened. Jun 17 11:29:29 ns5 proftpd[4701]: ns5.cdbsystems.com (fwgw.osaka.seikyou.ne.jp[61.202.156.253]) - no such user 'Administrator' Jun 20 21:19:29 ns5 proftpd[2249]: ns5.cdbsystems.com (202.63.115.229[202.63.115.229]) - no such user 'ellie' Jun 20 21:19:30 ns5 proftpd[2250]: ns5.cdbsystems.com (202.63.115.229[202.63.115.229]) - FTP session opened. Jun 20 21:19:31 ns5 proftpd[2250]: ns5.cdbsystems.com (202.63.115.229[202.63.115.229]) - no such user 'ellie' Jun 20 21:19:33 ns5 proftpd[2251]: ns5.cdbsystems.com (202.63.115.229[202.63.115.229]) - FTP session opened. Jun 20 21:19:33 ns5 proftpd[2251]: ns5.cdbsystems.com (202.63.115.229[202.63.115.229]) - no such user 'ellie' Jun 20 21:19:35 ns5 proftpd[2252]: ns5.cdbsystems.com (202.63.115.229[202.63.115.229]) - FTP session opened. Jun 20 21:19:36 ns5 proftpd[2252]: ns5.cdbsystems.com (202.63.115.229[202.63.115.229]) - no such user 'ellie' Jun 20 21:19:37 ns5 proftpd[2253]: ns5.cdbsystems.com (202.63.115.229[202.63.115.229]) - FTP session opened. any easy way to consign these folks to the Hell of the Burning Hackers? and maybe take load off the system? I assume I could have the router block the specific ips, but those could be faked I'm sure. thanks again. cdb.