Re: chargen is the new DDoS tool?

["Ricky Beam" <jfbeam () gmail com>]

On Tue, 11 Jun 2013 12:06:36 -0400, Brielle Bruns <bruns () 2mbit com> wrote:
> Are these like machines time forgot or just really bag configuration  
> choices?

All of the above plus very poorly managed network / network security.  
(sadly a Given(tm) for anything ending dot-e-d-u.)  a) why are *printers*  
given public IPs? and b) why are internet hosts allowed to talk to them?   
I actually *very* surprised your printers are still functional if the  
whole internet can reach them.

Being an edu, even if they aren't globally reachable, there is *plenty*  
mischievousness already inside the borders!  Securing a campus from the  
world... easy; securing a campus from it's own users... good luck with  
that.

--Ricky