Hi there, my problem is this, services on our server are constantly shut down. When I look at the services logs, I discover that services are shut down by attacks on the services such as this: What can you recommend that we do to prevent this from happening? 18:01:20 2004] nickserv/main: Yxdxxpu registered by <A href="mailto:aqtyy@81.213.125.164">aqtyy@81.213.125.164</A> (<A href="mailto:Soxsdr@hotmail.com">Soxsdr@hotmail.com</A>) [Jul 27 18:03:49 2004] Ignored message from Woofgq: ":Woofgq P <A href="mailto:NickServ@services.teklan.com.tr">NickServ@services.teklan.com.tr</A> :register alitopuat <A href="mailto:Gicj@hotmail.com">Gicj@hotmail.com</A> [Jul 27 18:03:49 2004] Ignored message from Woofgq: ":Woofgq P <A href="mailto:NickServ@services.teklan.com.tr">NickServ@services.teklan.com.tr</A> :register alitopuat <A href="mailto:Fybfhb@hotmail.com">Fybfhb@hotmail.com</A> [Jul 27 18:03:49 2004] Ignored message from Woofgq: ":Woofgq P <A href="mailto:NickServ@services.teklan.com.tr">NickServ@services.teklan.com.tr</A> :register alitopuat <A href="mailto:Uimfoi@hotmail.com">Uimfoi@hotmail.com</A> [Jul 27 18:03:49 2004] Ignored message from Woofgq: ":Woofgq P <A href="mailto:NickServ@services.teklan.com.tr">NickServ@services.teklan.com.tr</A> :register alitopuat <A href="mailto:Fczmo@hotmail.com">Fczmo@hotmail.com</A> [Jul 27 18:03:49 2004] Ignored message from Woofgq: ":Woofgq P <A href="mailto:NickServ@services.teklan.com.tr">NickServ@services.teklan.com.tr</A> :register alitopuat <A href="mailto:Svroii@hotmail.com">Svroii@hotmail.com</A> [Jul 27 18:03:49 2004] Ignored message from Woofgq: ":Woofgq P <A href="mailto:NickServ@services.teklan.com.tr">NickServ@services.teklan.com.tr</A> :register alitopuat <A href="mailto:BrHotY@hotmail.com">BrHotY@hotmail.com</A> [Jul 27 18:03:49 2004] Ignored message from Woofgq: ":Woofgq P <A href="mailto:NickServ@services.teklan.com.tr">NickServ@services.teklan.com.tr</A> :register alitopuat <A href="mailto:IMhAQ@hotmail.com">IMhAQ@hotmail.com</A> [Jul 27 18:04:47 2004] Ignored message from Apmbenml: ":Apmbenml P <A href="mailto:NickServ@services.teklan.com.tr">NickServ@services.teklan.com.tr</A> :register alitopuat <A href="mailto:HWtI@h$">HWtI@h$</A> [Jul 27 18:04:47 2004] Ignored message from Apmbenml: ":Apmbenml P <A href="mailto:NickServ@services.teklan.com.tr">NickServ@services.teklan.com.tr</A> :register alitopuat <A href="mailto:Rirlz@$">Rirlz@$</A> [Jul 27 18:04:47 2004] Ignored message from Apmbenml: ":Apmbenml P <A href="mailto:NickServ@services.teklan.com.tr">NickServ@services.teklan.com.tr</A> :register alitopuat Mzuxyw$ [Jul 27 18:04:47 2004] Ignored message from Apmbenml: ":Apmbenml P <A href="mailto:NickServ@services.teklan.com.tr">NickServ@services.teklan.com.tr</A> :register alitopuat Ostoat$ [Jul 27 18:04:47 2004] Ignored message from Apmbenml: ":Apmbenml P <A href="mailto:NickServ@services.teklan.com.tr">NickServ@services.teklan.com.tr</A> :register alitopuat <A href="mailto:Ofjef@$">Ofjef@$</A> [Jul 27 18:04:47 2004] Ignored message from Apmbenml: ":Apmbenml P <A href="mailto:NickServ@services.teklan.com.tr">NickServ@services.teklan.com.tr</A> :register alitopuat <A href="mailto:LAtl@h$">LAtl@h$</A> [Jul 27 18:04:47 2004] Ignored message from Apmbenml: ":Apmbenml P <A href="mailto:NickServ@services.teklan.com.tr">NickServ@services.teklan.com.tr</A> :register alitopuat Szwvez$ [Jul 27 18:04:47 2004] Ignored message from Apmbenml: ":Apmbenml P <A href="mailto:NickServ@services.teklan.com.tr">NickServ@services.teklan.com.tr</A> :register alitopuat <A href="mailto:Vcdr@h$">Vcdr@h$</A> Jul 27 18:05:04 2004] nickserv/main: Hpml registered by <A href="mailto:jrccxyt@ti300720a080-1063.bb.online.no">jrccxyt@ti300720a080-1063.bb.online.no</A> (<A href="mailto:Fgwtnnh@hotmail.com">Fgwtnnh@hotmail.com</A>) [Jul 27 18:05:25 2004] unknown message from server (:irc.teklan.com.tr 441 ChanServ oTOpSy #bebeðim :Odada yoklar) [Jul 27 17:58:30 2004] Ignored message from ZrBk: ":ZrBk P <A href="mailto:NickServ@services.teklan.com.tr">NickServ@services.teklan.com.tr</A> :register alitopuat <A href="mailto:BPaAmG@hotmail$">BPaAmG@hotmail$</A> [Jul 27 17:58:30 2004] Ignored message from ZrBk: ":ZrBk P <A href="mailto:NickServ@services.teklan.com.tr">NickServ@services.teklan.com.tr</A> :register alitopuat <A href="mailto:Ymmpnjq@hotmai$">Ymmpnjq@hotmai$</A> [Jul 27 17:58:34 2004] operserv/main: ^^zZz^^: killclones ZrBk [Jul 27 17:58:34 2004] operserv/main: KILLCLONES: 3 clone(s) matching <A href="mailto:*!*@dsl81-215-35494.adsl.ttnet.net.tr">*!*@dsl81-215-35494.adsl.ttnet.net.tr</A> killed. [Jul 27 17:58:35 2004] nickserv/main: user record for ZrBk not found [Jul 27 17:58:35 2004] nickserv/main: user record for ZrBk not found As seen in the logs, nicks are entering the server, and using the NickServ command /ns register password <A href="mailto:email@adres.com">email@adres.com</A> to register the same nick with a different email address. I would really appreciate it if you could help us with this situation. Thank you for your time and help Okan Karasoy