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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical RE: EXAMPLE: ### xxx Canada detected a penetration attempt from 209.123.x.229. Incident# xxxx
> -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of > Alex Rubenstein > Sent: October 26, 2001 9:03 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: EXAMPLE: ### xxx Canada detected a penetration attempt from > 209.123.x.229. Incident# xxxx > > Pursuant to my previous post, I just rec'd this. Not exactly the same, but > very similar. > > Kind of my point; SO WHAT THAT THIS PERSON WAS SCANNED? Is scanning > actually an illegal activity? Was anything actually hacked, cracked, or > 0wn3d? > > It's an absurd waste of resources to be emailed by automagic systems every > time someone sends a stray packet. At least that one is relatively _polite_; we've received some from someone who was very rude and threatened to break into our systems to retaliate. Actually, I think it even hinted that the retaliation system was automated... not exactly the most comforting thing out there. Vivien -- Vivien M. [email protected] Assistant System Administrator Dynamic DNS Network Services http://www.dyndns.org/
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