New Denial of Service Attack on Panix

Sat Sep 21 19:57:46 UTC 1996

Original message <Pine.BSI.3.93.960921123232.9593B-100000 at sidhe.memra.com>
From: Michael Dillon <michael at 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 at 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 at scruz.net