[22675] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Solution: Re: Huge smurf attack
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ray Everett-Church)
Thu Jan 14 19:47:00 1999
Date: Thu, 14 Jan 1999 16:38:08 -0800 (PST)
From: Ray Everett-Church <ray@well.com>
To: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <Pine.SOL.4.05.9901141811000.10299-100000@vellocet.insync.net>
On Thu, 14 Jan 1999, Joe Shaw wrote:
> But I'm not talking about catching the person who's initiating the
> attacks, which is next to impossible if the amplifiers aren't willing or
> able to help. I'm concerned about the FBI possibly playing a part in
> shutting down the amplifiers. As the FBI agent who I talked with a week
> ago said "We want to hear about any incident that happens because we do
> trend tracking." Lord knows if enough people reported large smurf attacks
> they'd at least do something.
As I'm frequently reminded by my friends at DOJ's computer crimes
section, there's not a lot that most FBI field offices can or will do
without major damage shown. Unless you count "trend tracking," I
guess.
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