[18026] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Government scrutiny is headed our way
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Dean Robb)
Mon Jun 22 21:33:25 1998
Date: Mon, 22 Jun 1998 17:53:11 -0400
To: nanog@merit.edu
From: Dean Robb <pceasy@norfolk.infi.net>
In-Reply-To: <358CDF8B.4242@meganet.net>
At 06:25 6/21/98 -0400, you wrote:
>Henry Linneweh wrote:
>>
>> Now that we have gotten down to the nitty gritty here.
>>
>> AGAIN the main mechanism for spoofing the smurf attacks is A program
>> call wingate, ban that code and this problem will be cut more than in half.
>
>Really? Wow - it's truly amazing noone's come up with such a simple
>solution so far. Watch out for the photographers - you'll inevitably be
>ambushed. My hero :-)
Kewl! "Wingate, thou art banned!". Now, only half as many networks should
be smurfed....
</sarcasm></sarcasm>
What do spammers and nails have in common? They're both intended for
hammering.
Dean Robb
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