[22644] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Huge smurf attack
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jay R. Ashworth)
Wed Jan 13 21:27:23 1999
Date: Wed, 13 Jan 1999 20:57:02 -0500
From: "Jay R. Ashworth" <jra@scfn.thpl.lib.fl.us>
To: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <19990112125423.06681@dragonlair.dal.net>; from Dalvenjah FoxFire <dalvenjah@DAL.NET> on Tue, Jan 12, 1999 at 12:54:23PM -0800
On Tue, Jan 12, 1999 at 12:54:23PM -0800, Dalvenjah FoxFire wrote:
> Right; that stuff applies to *directly causing* the attack though (e.g.
> hacking root on a colocated linux box and typing ./smurf victimhost.com).
> I'm talking about filing some sort of legal action against the intermediaries
> (smurf relays) who get used by the cracker during the smurf; IANAL, but
> I would presume if you could show negligence in not being vigilant about
> security, and then do something showing that they indirectly caused you
> damage, you could get some sort of action taken against the relays.
The (direct) analogy is landlords who are sued after their tenants
notify them about dangerous conditions, which they fail to fix in a
workmanlike and expeditious fashion.
There's _endless_ case law on this, and even though IANAL, I have some
cites available somewhere.
Cheers,
-- jra
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