Status Report - Mail Bombing of World.std.com by Sprint Client + FAQ

Mon Jan 6 13:51:15 UTC 1997

> On Sun, 5 Jan 1997, Barry Shein wrote:
> 
> > We are now well into day four and about to enter day five of this.
> > 
> > As of about 9PM EST the mail-bombing of world.std.com by the Sprint
> > client iq-internet.com continues full bore.
> 
> % /sbin/route add -host 208.8.32.10 lo0
> 
> __
> Todd Graham Lewis             Linux!                 Core Engineering
> Mindspring Enterprises  tlewis at mindspring.com   (800) 719 4664, x2804

This will cause Barry to SYN-flood himself.

The only way to block it is with incoming filters.
If you block the outbound path back, you'll get SYNs, return SYN-acks,
but never get those ACKed...

Avi <Who did this to himself once>