[4642] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: New Denial of Service Attack on Panix
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Matthew Kaufman)
Sat Sep 21 16:02:54 1996
From: matthew@scruz.net (Matthew Kaufman)
Date: Sat, 21 Sep 1996 12:57:46 -0700
In-Reply-To: Michael Dillon <michael@memra.com>
"Re: New Denial of Service Attack on Panix" (Sep 21, 12:34)
To: Michael Dillon <michael@memra.com>, nanog@merit.edu
Cc: iepg@iepg.org
Original message <Pine.BSI.3.93.960921123232.9593B-100000@sidhe.memra.com>
From: Michael Dillon <michael@memra.com>
Date: Sep 21, 12:34
Subject: Re: New Denial of Service Attack on Panix
>
> On Sat, 21 Sep 1996, Vadim Antonov wrote:
>
> > Given the "tragedy of commons" nature of the problem (you
> > work hard to implement filters, which do not benefit _you_)
>
> Source address filters do benefit the small ISP by making him less of a
> target for hackers looking for a staging point.
>
>
> Michael Dillon - ISP & Internet Consulting
> Memra Software Inc. - Fax: +1-604-546-3049
> http://www.memra.com - E-mail: michael@memra.com
>
>-- End of excerpt from Michael Dillon
You think a hacker is going to break into your router to check out
your IP filter lists first, before breaking into your Unix boxes to
attempt an (unsuccessful) attack?
They break in just the same. They just don't launch this kind of attack
while they're visiting.
-matthew kaufman
matthew@scruz.net
