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Re: identify hostname

  • From: Brandon Ross
  • Date: Mon Nov 30 20:42:01 1998 
Thanks to all of you who replied to this, I have the information I need
now.

For the curious, it's uu.net.

On Mon, 30 Nov 1998, Brandon Ross wrote:

> Logs recovered after a ping flood attack cut off the end of a hostname
> that the perpetrator may have used in the attack.  If anyone knows who
> uses the following format for their dialup IP hostnames, please contact me
> privately:
> 
> 1Cust76.tnt1.sfo2.da.
> 
> Brandon Ross            Network Engineering     404-815-0770 800-719-4664
> Director, Network Engineering, MindSpring Ent., Inc.  info@mindspring.com
>                                                             ICQ:  2269442
> 
> Stop Smurf attacks!  Configure your router interfaces to block directed
> broadcasts. See http://www.quadrunner.com/~chuegen/smurf.cgi for details.
> 
> 

Brandon Ross            Network Engineering     404-815-0770 800-719-4664
Director, Network Engineering, MindSpring Ent., Inc.  info@mindspring.com
                                                            ICQ:  2269442

Stop Smurf attacks!  Configure your router interfaces to block directed
broadcasts. See http://www.quadrunner.com/~chuegen/smurf.cgi for details.