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Re: chargen is the new DDoS tool?


From: Joe Hamelin <joe () nethead com>
Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2013 17:07:19 -0700

On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 4:57 PM, Majdi S. Abbas <msa () latt net> wrote:


        I have a hard time blaming a school for this.  I have an easy
time wondering why printer manufacturers are including chargen support
in firmware.


Isn't that what printer do?  Generate characters?  It was in the design
spec.

/me thinks of PHB going down port list, "yep, need that one!"

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Joe Hamelin, W7COM, Tulalip, WA, 360-474-7474


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