[22529] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Huge smurf attack
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Brandon Ross)
Sat Jan 9 16:22:55 1999
Date: Sat, 9 Jan 1999 16:02:42 -0500 (EST)
From: Brandon Ross <bross@mindspring.net>
To: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.96.990109154133.10450J-100000@xymox.netops.mindspring.net>
On Sat, 9 Jan 1999, Brandon Ross wrote:
> This attack has now stopped. I managed to collect over 100,000 addresses
> that we being used as amplifiers in this attack. If anyone would like a
> copy, please let me know.
Since a couple folks have asked for it, and I think the list is a bit
large to send to the entire list, I've put the list up for anonymous ftp
at:
ftp://www.mindspring.net/users/bross/smurfsources
They've been sort | uniq 'ed.
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.
