EXAMPLE: ### xxx Canada detected a penetration attempt from 209.123.x.229. Incident# xxxx

Fri Oct 26 13:57:01 UTC 2001

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-nanog at merit.edu [mailto:owner-nanog at merit.edu]On Behalf Of
> Alex Rubenstein
> Sent: October 26, 2001 9:03 AM
> To: nanog at nanog.org
> Subject: EXAMPLE: ### xxx Canada detected a penetration attempt from
> 209.123.x.229. Incident# xxxx
> 
> Pursuant to my previous post, I just rec'd this. Not exactly the same, but
> very similar.
> 
> Kind of my point; SO WHAT THAT THIS PERSON WAS SCANNED? Is scanning
> actually an illegal activity? Was anything actually hacked, cracked, or
> 0wn3d?
> 
> It's an absurd waste of resources to be emailed by automagic systems every
> time someone sends a stray packet.

At least that one is relatively _polite_; we've received some from someone who was very rude and threatened to break into our systems to retaliate. Actually, I think it even hinted that the retaliation system was automated... not exactly the most comforting thing out there.

Vivien
-- 
Vivien M.
vivienm at dyndns.org
Assistant System Administrator
Dynamic DNS Network Services
http://www.dyndns.org/