[63483] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: CCO/cisco.com issues.
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Kai Schlichting)
Mon Oct 6 17:40:59 2003
From: "Kai Schlichting" <kai@pac-rim.net>
To: nanog@merit.edu
Cc: Roland Dobbins <rdobbins@cisco.com>
Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2003 17:39:49 -0500
In-Reply-To: <42CF1D31-F840-11D7-A9FF-000A9579BC16@cisco.com>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
On Mon, 6 Oct 2003 14:01:31 -0700, Roland Dobbins wrote
> Folks,
>
> We've been handling a multi-vector DDoS - 40-byte spoofed SYN-flooding
> towards www.cisco.com (198.133.219.25/32) as well as an HTTP-AUTH
> resource-exhaustion attack, and working these issues with our
> upstreams. Our apologies for any inconveniences, and our thanks to
> those who've assisted in tracing and blocking the spoofed traffic.
>
> We're continuing the work the issue, and would be grateful if
> operators would check for 40-byte spoofed TCP headed towards
> 198.133.219.25/32 and trace/block it as warranted. Your patience and
> understanding are greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks!
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------
> Roland Dobbins <rdobbins@cisco.com> // 408.527.6376 voice
My mailbox has filled quite a bit (to the tune of a dozen-plus mails)
with comments along the lines of "don't quote me, NANOG is too important
for my work, I don't want to get on Sue Harris' bad side" since my last
so-called "off-topic" NANOG post (which all but *one* person, other than
Sue Harris, found to be "within range and reason").
The spammers,
the DDoS'ers,
the proxy scanners and rapists,
the SMTP auth crackers.
the trojan spreaders,
the DNSBL-DOS'ers,
the hardcore computer criminals
are the evil army of one?
The following well-remembered lines come to mind here, and excuse me if
you hear a slight hysterical laughter from my direction:
"First They Came for the Jews
First they came for the Jews
and I did not speak out
because I was not a Jew.
Then they came for the Communists
and I did not speak out
because I was not a Communist.
Then they came for the trade unionists
and I did not speak out
because I was not a trade unionist.
Then they came for me
and there was no one left
to speak out for me."
Pastor Martin Niemöller
