[29805] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: scripts kiddie sites
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Shawn McMahon)
Fri Jul 7 11:49:16 2000
Date: Fri, 7 Jul 2000 11:44:00 -0400
From: Shawn McMahon <smcmahon@eiv.com>
To: nanog@merit.edu
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In-Reply-To: <4.3.2.7.2.20000707072618.00acabb0@max.ibm.net.il>; from hank@att.net.il on Fri, Jul 07, 2000 at 07:35:52AM +0200
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On Fri, Jul 07, 2000 at 07:35:52AM +0200, Hank Nussbacher wrote:
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> There is an inherent problem here. Newer Internet phone systems allow=20
> anonymous dialin. We have such a system in Israel (2+ years) and I know=
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> one like that exists in the UK. The monopoly phone company sets up a=20
> special number like "135", users dialin - no authentication, no user/pswd=
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> just PPP to one specific site. The user fires up their browser and=20
> connects to the phone company Web portal which has a large table of ISPs=
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> and rates. The user clicks on the one they want and all the packets now=
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> flow via that ISP. No authentication. Pure anonymous PPP. [Technical=
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> side has been over-simplified.] The phone company bills the user on thei=
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> phone bill and splits the revenues then with the ISP. The ISP no longer=
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> needs modems, or any authentication system, just a large leased line to t=
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> phone company virtual POPs and a bank account to receive the monthly chec=
ks.
There is a problem here, but it's not *MY* problem.
If that becomes a source of too many attack on my systems, I'll block it.
If that means disenfranchising Israel, well:
1) You made your bed, now you can lie in it.
2) You've survived disenfranchisement by far more powerful people than me. =
:-)
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