Re: Recent Attacks

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Sounds very successful and interesting.

Could you post a roadmap of what happened and what you did to help others
achieve such a quick resolution?

On Wed, 16 Feb 2000, Don Kendrick wrote:

> Yeap, that what we just finished doing in Virginia. Had a copycat come after
> us Sunday morning. Tracked him down within 2 hour of the attack and he was
> sitting in jail within 24 hours of the attack for felony computer trespass.
>
> Hit em hard and fast.
>
> Don
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Marcus J. Ranum <mjr () nfr net>
> To: Ryan Russell <ryan () securityfocus com>; hnd () asu edu <hnd () asu edu>
> Cc: firewall-wizards () nfr net <firewall-wizards () nfr net>
> Date: Tuesday, February 15, 2000 7:38 PM
> Subject: Re: Recent Attacks
>
>
> > Ryan Russell wrote:
> > > I expect to see ransom demands (either the real attackers or just
> > > opportunists) become announced to the press any time now.
> >
> > That'd be interesting because it'd clear up the issue of motivation!!
> >
> > I've always been bemused by the whole denial of service thing. It
> > seems so pointless. It's just vandalism; not even as cool as virus
> > writing, and virus writing is very uncool.
> >
> > If I was Bezos, I'd offer some amazon.com options for whoever
> > turned in the culprit and sufficient evidence. Then I'd litigate
> > the culprit back to the stone age, including his friends, parents,
> > business associates, school, etc. - anyone involved. Crush 'em
> > real hard, real mean, and real openly.
> >
> > mjr.

Thanks in advance,
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