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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: netscan.org update
On Tue, Sep 26, 2000 at 04:19:03PM -0400, John Fraizer wrote: > On Tue, 26 Sep 2000, John Payne wrote: > > > > > On Tue, Sep 26, 2000 at 01:13:35AM -0400, John Fraizer wrote: > > > The problem is that while some operators may not have been aware of their > > > problem, if they are not aware of the problem at-large, they are, IMHO, > > > not worthy of announcing to the global internet at large and as such, > > > we should not be listening to their announcements. > > > > So you wouldn't mind if people started scanning your network for other > > problems, say... rootable boxes? Without being able to break into remote > > boxes, kiddies wouldn't be able to launch smurf attacks of sizes to worry > > about. > > > > random and not-so-random scans against our network are met with quite a > few suprises for the scanner. It's NOT an exercise that I recommend. As > a matter of fact, it's quite a BAD idea. So why are you advocating scanning for smurf amps? > Beyond that, your assumption is completely in error about the kiddies > needing rooted boxes to launch successful and quite large SMURF > attacks. DSL and cable modems make it quite easy for them to do so. Oh... well... not having experience with cable or dsl, I had assumed that cable and dsl were source filtered. My bad -- John Payne http://www.sackheads.org/jpayne/ [email protected] http://www.sackheads.org/uce/ Fax: +44 870 0547954 To send me mail, use the address in the From: header
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