[79631] in Cypherpunks
Re: Spam Update/Cyber Promo attacked
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ray Arachelian)
Wed May 7 16:31:38 1997
Date: Wed, 7 May 1997 15:44:41 -0400 (EDT)
From: Ray Arachelian <sunder@brainlink.com>
To: Robert Hettinga <rah@shipwright.com>
Cc: cypherpunks@toad.com
In-Reply-To: <v03020902af966ed17bf4@[139.167.130.248]>
Reply-To: Ray Arachelian <sunder@brainlink.com>
On Wed, 7 May 1997, Robert Hettinga wrote:
> PHILADELPHIA, 5-7-97 Bulk e-mail giant Cyber Promotions is under attack by
> "anti-spam" hackers. This concentrated attack was planned for several
> weeks, and has been publicly discussed on Internet newsgroups. The hackers
> are using a brand new method to deny service to all Cyber Promotions'
> computers hooked to a main router on an AGIS line. The hackers have devised
> a system which sends millions of random "arp" requests to a router, which
> can disable the whole network for hours. This type of attack has never
> occurred before. Currently thousands of businesses with web pages and mail
> box accounts are being denied service.
Wooo hooo! :) Now that's a dream come true! Whoever did this: many
thanks! :)
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