Re: Scans Observed by Officer Friendly

["S. Jonah Pressman" <jonah () istar ca>]

chuck wrote:
> So how open is TimeWarner going to be to figuring out who had that
> address at the time that you (don't) note and going out and smacking
> someone upside the head?

Frankly, Chuck, some of us actually do go out and "smack someone upside
the head".  More importantly, the script kiddies that tend to repeat
attempts are soon humbled into submission when their ISP cancels their
service.

It is not necessarily our actions or the ISP's actions that ultimately
hurts them; it's the ridicule of their friends they've been bragging to
about their NetBus and Back Orifice exploits.  Besides, Mommy and Daddy
go nuts about paying exorbitant rates for cable modem service and rental
just to have it canceled... oh, the shame  :-)

> Quoting Randy Grimshaw (rgrimsha () mailbox syr edu):
> > Where would the address 24.93.46.49 be comming from?
> >
> > Is this an annoyance or a masqerade?
> >
> > My 'Officer' noticed BO_PING sweep and BO_FILEFIND attempts on Friday
> > night and Sunday night.
> >
> >
> > <><Randall Grimshaw, Network Programmer, Syracuse University, 315-443-5779

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