Mark,

ML> DS>   I guess they have nothing better to do.

ML>the thing is that no one is sitting there doing this manually... it is all b
ML>done by bots and occasionally the operator will look over the results... the
ML>don't care about the remote system... only if they can get in and be able to
ML>it as another bot in their herd... possibly scrounge some personal info off 
ML>it...

  Considering the rapid nature of repeated attempts to get in by
different addresses, I would say it was automated. At times, they've
filled up all 4 nodes of the telnet side, and no one can get in, until
one of them drops off.

Daryl

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