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Re: Open relays and open proxies
From: Jack Bates <jbates () brightok net>
Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2003 09:48:15 -0500
Daniel Concepcion wrote:
The big problem in dDoS are the smurf, virus and trojans. Generally every machine infected have an open proxy. But the open proxy itself isn't dangerous. They are only use as intermediate hop for attack machines or control other trojans.
This is true for dDoS, but service denial is only one security concern. The proxies are often used to a) cloak originating source during dictionary and exploit attempts and b) circumvent security when the system with the proxy happens to be a "trust" system (it does happen).
-Jack
Current thread:
- Re: Open relays and open proxies, (continued)
- Re: Open relays and open proxies Rob Thomas (Apr 24)
- Re: Open relays and open proxies Jeff Kell (Apr 24)
- Re: Open relays and open proxies John Payne (Apr 24)
- Re: Open relays and open proxies Jack Bates (Apr 24)
- Re: Open relays and open proxies Valdis . Kletnieks (Apr 25)
- Re: Open relays and open proxies Daniel Concepcion (Apr 25)
- Re: Open relays and open proxies Valdis . Kletnieks (Apr 25)
- Re: Open relays and open proxies John Payne (Apr 25)
- Re: Open relays and open proxies Daniel Concepcion (Apr 25)
- Re: Open relays and open proxies John Payne (Apr 25)
- Re: Open relays and open proxies Jack Bates (Apr 25)
- Re: Open relays and open proxies Adi Linden (Apr 25)
- Re: Open relays and open proxies jlewis (Apr 24)
- Re: Open relays and open proxies Paul Vixie (Apr 24)
- Re: Open relays and open proxies Jack Bates (Apr 24)
- Re: Open relays and open proxies John Payne (Apr 24)
- Re[2]: Open relays and open proxies Richard Cox (Apr 25)