RE: SANS Flash: Urgent Request For Help In Stopping DOS Attacks -reply

[Rick Smith <rick_smith () securecomputing com>]

At 09:47 AM 04/13/2000 -0700, Mark.Teicher () predictive com wrote:
> Well as you describe it appears it the Internet was open up to the masses, 
> where prior it was mostly Military,etc, etc,  and "geekie" types who had 
> the secret decoder ring and "Cap'n Crunch" whistle could interpret the 
> bits and bytes tranversing the limited network with their 300 baud 
> modems..:)

That's a reasonable characterization. There's a humorous text floating
about that illustrates the situation through a bogus script for a "60
Minutes" expose called "Arpanet Terror:" pimply kids connect to NORAD
through the Arpanet to casually launch missiles at offending cities, while
Senators use it to play computer games.

Rick.
smith () securecomputing com