Re: New Denial of Service Attack on Panix

[Matthew Kaufman]

Original message <Pine.BSI.3.93.960921123232.9593B-100000@sidhe.memra.com>
From: Michael Dillon <michael@memra.com>
Date: Sep 21, 12:34
Subject: Re: New Denial of Service Attack on Panix
> 
> On Sat, 21 Sep 1996, Vadim Antonov wrote:
> 
> > Given the "tragedy of commons" nature of the problem (you
> > work hard to implement filters, which do not benefit _you_)
> 
> Source address filters do benefit the small ISP by making him less of a
> target for hackers looking for a staging point.
> 
> 
> Michael Dillon                   -               ISP & Internet Consulting
> Memra Software Inc.              -                  Fax: +1-604-546-3049
> http://www.memra.com             -               E-mail: michael@memra.com
> 
>-- End of excerpt from Michael Dillon


You think a hacker is going to break into your router to check out
your IP filter lists first, before breaking into your Unix boxes to
attempt an (unsuccessful) attack?

They break in just the same. They just don't launch this kind of attack
while they're visiting.

-matthew kaufman
 matthew@scruz.net

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