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Re: How to stop a consistent cracker.


From: Norbert Bollow <nb () thinkcoach com>
Date: Sat, 9 Jun 2001 23:22:11 +0200

Yotam Rubin <yotam () makif omer k12 il> wrote:

How can one stop this malicious user? Is it even possible when nobody is 
willing to cooperate? Even while writing this letter, this guy is DoS'ing me 
from 152.15.21.19. 

Hmm... I suppose it should be possible to ask your country's
embassy to the USA to help you with getting the FBI to take
some action.

The other option IMHO would be to not bother about prosecuting,
but rather harden your computer systems sufficiently that
whatevery the cracker tries, he can neither break it nor DOS
them.  Then is is no longer interesting for the cracker, and
eventually he will give up on you.

Greetings, Norbert.

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Norbert Bollow, Weidlistr.18, CH-8624 Gruet (near Zurich, Switzerland)
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