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Re: operational: icmp echo out of control?
From: Richard A Steenbergen <ras () e-gerbil net>
Date: Tue, 28 May 2002 16:01:12 -0400
On Tue, May 28, 2002 at 03:36:08PM -0400, Mike Tancsa wrote:
Jeu 09 mai 2002 15:30:22, Port 3, ICMP, Destination Unreachable Jeu 09 mai 2002 15:30:21, Port 3, ICMP, Destination Unreachable Jeu 09 mai 2002 15:30:10, Port 3, ICMP, Destination Unreachable Jeu 09 mai 2002 15:30:09, Port 3, ICMP, Destination Unreachable
I don't know whats worse, those crappy personal firewalls that make every packet look like a life or death assault, or the idiots who send abuse email demanding that you do something for them or they will sue and/or hax0r you. I've seen supposed "security professionals" for theoretically clued places like NASA send abuse complaints over traceroutes they've originated, and people complain about "port 80 hacking attempts" then flatly refuse to admit they visited website. At best, it's annoying clutter. Is it any wonder that legitimate emails about ongoing DoS attacks are completely ignored or responded to a week later? At worst, it can get innocent people in trouble and cost them a lot of time, effort, and potentially money. These false abuse reports are FAR too common, and the net equivilent of crying wolf. In my opinion, it is the responsability of these personal firewall makers to at least make an EFFORT to warn their users about this. So far, I havn't seen it. -- Richard A Steenbergen <ras () e-gerbil net> http://www.e-gerbil.net/ras PGP Key ID: 0x138EA177 (67 29 D7 BC E8 18 3E DA B2 46 B3 D8 14 36 FE B6)
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- Re: operational: icmp echo out of control?, (continued)
- Re: operational: icmp echo out of control? E.B. Dreger (May 23)
- Re: operational: icmp echo out of control? Mark Kent (May 23)
- Re: operational: icmp echo out of control? Scott Granados (May 23)
- Re: operational: icmp echo out of control? Randy Bush (May 23)
- Re: operational: icmp echo out of control? Chris Woodfield (May 28)
- Re: operational: icmp echo out of control? Kevin Loch (May 28)
- Re: operational: icmp echo out of control? Richard A Steenbergen (May 28)
- Re: operational: icmp echo out of control? E.B. Dreger (May 28)
- Re: operational: icmp echo out of control? Jeff Mcadams (May 28)
- Re: operational: icmp echo out of control? Mike Tancsa (May 28)
- Re: operational: icmp echo out of control? Richard A Steenbergen (May 28)
- Re: operational: icmp echo out of control? Valdis . Kletnieks (May 28)
- Re: operational: icmp echo out of control? John Kristoff (May 28)
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- Re: operational: icmp echo out of control? John Kristoff (May 28)
- Re: operational: icmp echo out of control? E.B. Dreger (May 23)
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- Re: operational: icmp echo out of control? Greg A. Woods (May 28)
- Re: operational: icmp echo out of control? Amgad Zeitoun (May 23)
- RE: operational: icmp echo out of control? Greg A. Woods (May 28)