From owner-freebsd-chat Wed Nov 29 0:43: 2 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from homer.softweyr.com (bsdconspiracy.net [208.187.122.220]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7861437B699 for ; Wed, 29 Nov 2000 00:42:59 -0800 (PST) Received: from [127.0.0.1] (helo=softweyr.com ident=Fools trust ident!) by homer.softweyr.com with esmtp (Exim 3.16 #1) id 1412rx-0000SC-00; Wed, 29 Nov 2000 01:45:37 -0700 Message-ID: <3A24C231.A7C4358E@softweyr.com> Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2000 01:45:37 -0700 From: Wes Peters Organization: Softweyr LLC X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.75 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.2.12 i386) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cjclark@alum.mit.edu Cc: chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: NATD: failed to write packet back (Permission denied) References: <001701c057c4$1e1ac010$0200a8c0@n2> <20001126110756.C34151@149.211.6.64.reflexcom.com> <000b01c057dd$f9423ab0$0200a8c0@n2> <20001126113720.A70192@149.211.6.64.reflexcom.com> <3A2183E7.6039C582@FreeBSD.org> <20001126140033.E70192@149.211.6.64.reflexcom.com> <3A218C5B.9F677E51@FreeBSD.org> <200011270130.UAA88239@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> <3A221402.D88321D8@softweyr.com> <20001127232609.P70192@149.211.6.64.reflexcom.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org "Crist J . Clark" wrote: > > On Mon, Nov 27, 2000 at 12:57:54AM -0700, Wes Peters wrote: > > [snip] > > > Since I have T-1 speeds coming into said basement, it is entirely likely > > that somebody may notice and attempt to hijack one or more of my machines > > to use in a DDOS attack. In fact, somebody already has tried. And failed. > > Aww... C'mon, you lay on a little more drama than that. With the new > _Dune_ series coming on the Sci-Fi Channel I can't help but read this > and say: > > > Since I have T-1 speeds coming into said basement, it is entirely likely > > that somebody may notice and attempt to hijack one or more of my machines > > to use in a DDOS attack. In fact, somebody already has tried. > > > They tried and failed? > > > No, they tried and died. There are limits on what we're allowed to do to script kiddies. Sigh. This case begged for a clue-by-four between the eyes. -- "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?" Wes Peters Softweyr LLC wes@softweyr.com http://softweyr.com/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message