Digital Island sponsors DoS attempt?

Thu Oct 25 22:58:22 UTC 2001

Hello friends,

My IDS was just tripped over 300 times.  The decoded packet says:

mailto:abuse at digisle.com for questions
This ICMP ECHO REQUEST/REPLY is part of the real-time network monitoring
performed by Digital Island Inc.  It is not an attack.  If you have
questions please contact
abuse at digisle.com...........................................................
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We are not on their network or in any way affiliated with Digital Island,
I'm just curious if anyone else has seen this anomaly, if it is legit, or if
it is a real attack being spoofed from Digital Island...no response from
abuse at digisle.com yet.

Regards,
Christopher J. Wolff, VP, CIO
Broadband Laboratories, Inc.
http://www.bblabs.com
email:chris at bblabs.com
phone:520.622.4338 x234