[163562] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: chargen is the new DDoS tool?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ricky Beam)
Tue Jun 11 19:52:26 2013
To: nanog@nanog.org, "Brielle Bruns" <bruns@2mbit.com>
Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2013 19:52:02 -0400
From: "Ricky Beam" <jfbeam@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <51B74B0C.3000704@2mbit.com>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
On Tue, 11 Jun 2013 12:06:36 -0400, Brielle Bruns <bruns@2mbit.com> wrote:
> Are these like machines time forgot or just really bag configuration
> choices?
All of the above plus very poorly managed network / network security.
(sadly a Given(tm) for anything ending dot-e-d-u.) a) why are *printers*
given public IPs? and b) why are internet hosts allowed to talk to them?
I actually *very* surprised your printers are still functional if the
whole internet can reach them.
Being an edu, even if they aren't globally reachable, there is *plenty*
mischievousness already inside the borders! Securing a campus from the
world... easy; securing a campus from it's own users... good luck with
that.
--Ricky
