[39775] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: *.mil:80 disconnected in self-defense?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (George William Herbert)
Mon Jul 23 18:14:12 2001
Message-Id: <200107232228.PAA20381@gw.retro.com>
To: nanog@merit.edu
Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2001 15:28:29 -0700
From: George William Herbert <gherbert@retro.com>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
I wrote:
>I have a report that .mil disconnected port 80 traffic
>from outside hosts, and possibly some other stuff,
>in response to DOS attacks last week.
>There was some discussion on the inetproviders list this
>morning on the topic, and then I asked someone inside
>who confirmed the cutoff and said there's a DISA alert
>and operational bulletin about it.
>It seems to be Just One of Those Months.
I've since received a second and third confirmation
on this, both of whom want to remain anonymous.
-george william herbert
gherbert@retro.com
