[22658] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Solution: Re: Huge smurf attack
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Joe Shaw)
Thu Jan 14 11:30:04 1999
Date: Thu, 14 Jan 1999 10:06:42 -0600 (CST)
From: Joe Shaw <jshaw@insync.net>
To: "Alex P. Rudnev" <alex@Relcom.EU.net>
cc: Peter Swedock <pswedock@bbnplanet.com>,
Phil Howard <phil@whistler.intur.net>,
Brandon Ross <bross@mindspring.net>, nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <Pine.SUN.3.91.990114182933.18173I-100000@virgin.relcom.eu.net>
My only question is do any of you who've been under attack report these
incidents to the FBI and the other appropriate agencies? I understand
that a lot of these places are Universities and Govt. agencies where
finding someone to fix the problem is like running through water, but I
can only wonder if having the FBI get involved in these things would help.
Two agents from the Houston office recently gave a presentation talking
about their new and expanding computer crimes divisions popping up around
the country. They kept harping on protecting the infrastructure of the
nations public networks, and I think helping track down smurf amplifiers
would fall under this.
--
Joseph Shaw - jshaw@insync.net
NetAdmin/Security - Insync Internet Services
Free UNIX advocate - "I hack, therefore I am."
On Thu, 14 Jan 1999, Alex P. Rudnev wrote:
> I am not sure about last smurf incident, but don't overestimate _dark
> minds_ caused this incident. I am 99.9% shure all (ALL) this incidents
> complained about in NANOG was the same _kidscripts_.
>
> This do not mean you should not prevent the possibility of
> _cyberterrorism_, and let's this _kid's plays_ help to pay attention to
> the security holes we have over the Internet.
