[6788] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Status Report - Mail Bombing of World.std.com by Sprint Client + FAQ
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU ("Alec H. Peterson")
Mon Jan 6 12:15:35 1997
Date: Mon, 6 Jan 1997 12:12:54 -0500
From: ahp@hilander.com ("Alec H. Peterson")
To: freedman@netaxs.com (Avi Freedman)
Cc: lists@reflections.mindspring.com (Todd Graham Lewis), bzs@world.std.com,
com-priv@psi.com, inet-access@earth.com, nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <199701061351.IAA13811@access.netaxs.com>; from "Avi Freedman" on Jan 6, 1997 08:51:15 -0500
On Jan 6, 1997, Avi Freedman wrote:
>
> This will cause Barry to SYN-flood himself.
>
> The only way to block it is with incoming filters.
Agreed. So, the question arises, why can't Barry do this? It seems
to me to be the logical solution, since the source address is already
known.
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|Alec Peterson - ahp@hilander.com | Erols Internet Services, INC. |
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