Date: Thu, 9 Dec 1999 13:48:58 +0100 From: Shaun Jurrens <shamz@login2.powertech.no> To: Mark Newton <newton@atdot.dotat.org> Cc: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Subject: Re: What kind of attack is this? Message-ID: <19991209134858.D10267@shamz.net> In-Reply-To: <19991209225414.A12037@atdot.dotat.org>; from Mark Newton on Thu, Dec 09, 1999 at 10:54:14PM %2B1030 References: <19991209124847.C10267@shamz.net> <19991209225414.A12037@atdot.dotat.org>
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On Thu, Dec 09, 1999 at 10:54:14PM +1030, Mark Newton wrote: #> On Thu, Dec 09, 1999 at 12:48:47PM +0100, Shaun Jurrens wrote: #> #> > Just a note, I think you will find some useful preliminary work already done. #> > IIRC, Dag-Erling has written some code that he uses on his irc servers for #> > udp/smurf attacks. #> #> What, code to automatically smurf the kiddies who are stupid enough to #> get on IRC and talk about hacking? About time someone did that :-) #> #> - mark Well, for a start, the admins of the well-known sites that make the attacks so serious because of network misconfiguration (as well as their upstream providers) could receive tons of angry e-mail. The "amplifier" sites are easy to find for the script kiddies too. You can find more at: http://www.powertech.no/smurf -and a list of the biggest offenders (which I see has gotten better, I hope no FreeBSD natives can be found here )- http://www.netscan.org/lamers-r-us.html I hope I was of some help. -- Yours truly, Shaun D. Jurrens shaun@shamz.net IRCnick: shamz #chillout #unix To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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