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Re: find_ddos results
From: Jose Nazario <jose () BIOCSERVER BIOC CWRU EDU>
Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2000 14:51:23 -0500
On Tue, 21 Nov 2000, Ryan Russell wrote:
The majority of my surprise had to do with the fact that the campus security guy didn't want to play a role in getting a DDoS agent off his net. I've been told that UNM has a reputation for lax security, and no follow-up. This thread would seem to confirm that. Such a reputation can only be self-fullfilling I think, unless a lot of effort is put into making it otherwise.
in the respect that they didn't come to your rescue, knocking down your door, they're too common as a university. at least your university has a security officer. however, this past spring we were following up on a ddos network and unm was a major distribution point for it. they responded within 5 minutes and we went back and forth for a few hours. this was on a friday afternoon (ie when people are going home to tie a few on). they're not too bad about security from that standpoint, and they were most helpful and polite. as such, i can't say i agree with you about their ignoring the security situation overall. they're probably just in the same boat as other university sites: understaffed, underequipped, and attempting to triage in an effort to cope. ____________________________ jose nazario jose () cwru edu PGP: 89 B0 81 DA 5B FD 7E 00 99 C3 B2 CD 48 A0 07 80 PGP key ID 0xFD37F4E5 (pgp.mit.edu)
Current thread:
- find_ddos results Karl Malivuk (Nov 16)
- Re: find_ddos results Dave Dittrich (Nov 17)
- Re: find_ddos results Ryan Russell (Nov 17)
- Re: find_ddos results J C Lawrence (Nov 21)
- Re: find_ddos results Ryan Russell (Nov 22)
- Re: find_ddos results Valdis Kletnieks (Nov 24)
- Re: find_ddos results Jose Nazario (Nov 24)
- Re: find_ddos results J C Lawrence (Nov 21)
- Re: find_ddos results Jose Nazario (Nov 17)
- Re: find_ddos results Christophe Dubois (Nov 17)
- Re: find_ddos results Dave Dittrich (Nov 18)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- Re: find_ddos results Karl Malivuk (Nov 17)