Re: What use is the NIPC?

["Jay D. Dyson" <jdyson () treachery net>]

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On Sun, 5 Aug 2001 aleph1 () securityfocus com wrote:

> I've yet to hear from the NIPC. Not a problem. I am probably not the
> only person to report the worm. They are probably busy with their own
> analysis. But it is surprising that they have yet to put out an alert. 

        This comes as no surprise at all, especially considering that one
NIPC agent was single-handedly responsible for spewing a sizeable chunk of
data when his system was hit by Sircam.

        Normally I would say that NIPC is a has-been...but that's
impossible since it never amounted to anything in the first place.

        As an aside, I too am seeing a large upswing in CR probes; many of
which are repeated by the same IPs.  Additionally, CRv2 is now
outnumbering CRv1 probes by 2:1.

        "While the angels, all pallid and wan,
           Uprising, unveiling, affirm
         That the play is the tragedy, 'Man,'
           And its hero the Conqueror Worm."

                -- Edgar Allan Poe, "The Conqueror Worm" (1843)

- -Jay

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