[22677] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Solution: Re: Huge smurf attack
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Phil Howard)
Fri Jan 15 08:29:16 1999
From: Phil Howard <phil@whistler.intur.net>
To: bross@mindspring.net (Brandon Ross)
Date: Fri, 15 Jan 1999 06:01:39 -0600 (CST)
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.96.990115035238.1535W-100000@xymox.netops.mindspring.net> from "Brandon Ross" at Jan 15, 99 03:57:42 am
Brandon Ross wrote:
> On Thu, 14 Jan 1999, Dan Hollis wrote:
>
> > Having to spend 20 minutes on hold with a *multibillion dollar telco*
> > while they try to find a security admin, is simply unacceptable.
>
> If you're only waiting 20 minutes, you're having much better luck than me.
> In our experience, it takes several hours to get in touch with someone
> clueful enough and with the authority to trace a spoofed attack.
I think he means 20 minutes just to find _any_ security admin when you
call the network security number. Finding a _clueful_ one starts the
next clock running. Sometimes it damn near needs a calendar.
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