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identify hostname

  • From: Brandon Ross
  • Date: Mon Nov 30 20:15:22 1998 
Logs recovered after a ping flood attack cut off the end of a hostname
that the perpetrator may have used in the attack.  If anyone knows who
uses the following format for their dialup IP hostnames, please contact me
privately:

1Cust76.tnt1.sfo2.da.

Brandon Ross            Network Engineering     404-815-0770 800-719-4664
Director, Network Engineering, MindSpring Ent., Inc.  [email protected]
                                                            ICQ:  2269442

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