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Unnamed Administration sources reported that Joe Shaw said: > > > My only question is do any of you who've been under attack report these > incidents to the FBI and the other appropriate agencies? I understand > that a lot of these places are Universities and Govt. agencies where > finding someone to fix the problem is like running through water, but I > can only wonder if having the FBI get involved in these things would help. > > Two agents from the Houston office recently gave a presentation talking > about their new and expanding computer crimes divisions popping up around > the country. They kept harping on protecting the infrastructure of the > nations public networks, and I think helping track down smurf amplifiers > would fall under this. > > -- > Joseph Shaw - [email protected] > NetAdmin/Security - Insync Internet Services > Free UNIX advocate - "I hack, therefore I am." > > On Thu, 14 Jan 1999, Alex P. Rudnev wrote: > > > I am not sure about last smurf incident, but don't overestimate _dark > > minds_ caused this incident. I am 99.9% shure all (ALL) this incidents > > complained about in NANOG was the same _kidscripts_. > > > > This do not mean you should not prevent the possibility of > > _cyberterrorism_, and let's this _kid's plays_ help to pay attention to > > the security holes we have over the Internet. > -- A host is a host from coast to [email protected] & no one will talk to a host that's close........[v].(301) 56-LINUX Unless the host (that isn't close).........................pob 1433 is busy, hung or dead....................................20915-1433
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