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More interesting could be the _reasons of attacks_. (through you should divide _before NATA / after NATA bobbings -:) ). On Tue, 1 Jun 1999, Sean Donelan wrote: > Date: Tue, 1 Jun 1999 16:36:12 -0500 > From: Sean Donelan <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: NIST: 5% of attacks against Internet infrastructure > > > Operational only in the sense that network operators will get asked about > this fun statistic by their managers on Internet infrastructure attacks. > NIST's ITL bulletin covered "Computer Attacks: What are they and how to > defend against them" this month. > > NIST researchers estimated that 5% of the computer attacks they analyzed > were against "Internet infrastructure" (which, in their analysis, includes > both routers and firewalls). > > http://www.nist.gov/itl/lab/bulletns/may99.htm > > Instead of diverting your manager's attention by yelling "Watch where > you step, the token fell out of the ethernet!" you might try soothing > his concerns by reporting the bulletin also said most Internet > infrastructure attacks were scanning and denial of service, and few > involved penetration attacks. > > # config t > (config)# ! too many commands to list here, ask the TAC for help securing > (config)# ! your router > -- > Sean Donelan, Data Research Associates, Inc, St. Louis, MO > Affiliation given for identification not representation > > > Aleksei Roudnev, Network Operations Center, Relcom, Moscow (+7 095) 194-19-95 (Network Operations Center Hot Line),(+7 095) 230-41-41, N 13729 (pager) (+7 095) 196-72-12 (Support), (+7 095) 194-33-28 (Fax)
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