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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: DoS attacks, NSPs unresponsiveness
On Sat, Nov 04, 2000 at 06:00:38AM -0500, Jeff Workman wrote: > Customer: My circuit is being saturated by tons of ICMP garbage. Can you > please do something to stop it before it gets to my pipe? I > don't know what they did, but apparently one of my dialup users > has pissed somebody off, for these attacks are aimed at my > modem pool. > > Me: Nope, can't help you, sorry. > > Customer: Excuse me? > > Me: It's your own fault that you're getting attacked because you > your customers use IRC. Now sit back and take your > spanking. If you wish, I can have a sales representative > contact you tomorrow if you feel you need more bandwidth. > > Customer: You've got to be kidding! > > Me: Nope, thank you, drive through. *click* A large IP provider (and construction/mining company) essentially told me the above. That was after they turned down my circuit to "stop" the attack. -- Bill Fumerola - Network Architect, BOFH / [email protected]
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