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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: What do we do with clueless ISPs
What he means is that you should probably include Smurfette as a sample. Alex Sprintlink Network Operations (ebo ebpxryy qvq vg. v'z frevbhf!) On Sat, 21 Mar 1998, Hank Nussbacher wrote: > I opened a trouble ticket with a major ISP in the USA about a Smurf > originating at one of their customer nets targeted at me. I gave them the > URL about Smurfing just in case they never heard about it. > > This is the email I got after 8 hours from their NOC: > > >***Note #1 03-20-1998 08:51:05 GMT Author: arsmith > > > > More info. requested > > > > Please send any samples along with the following info ASAP... > > 1. Is it presently still going on ? > > 2. Was your site used as a launching point for attacks on other entities ? > > How does one send "samples" of a Smurf (I gave them the originating IPs, > destination IP, time, frequency, pkt size, etc.)? If this is how major ISPs > handle Smurf storms, we can expect much more congestion. It is as if the > ISP NOCs assume Smurf is Spam! > > -Hank >
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