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Date:	Mon, 22 Aug 2005 11:06:58 PDT7
From:	J R FOX <jr_fox@pacbell.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Bob, Sheridan, D_____.org ?

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--- Peter Skye wrote:

> J R FOX wrote:
> >
> > > dshield.org
> >
> > And this is in regard to what ?
>
> Foxerator,
>
> After you left we had a discussion about firewalls
> and attempted
> entries. Bob mentioned DShield which is (among
> other things) a site
> dedicated to collecting firewall logs, summarizing
> the data, and going
> after the IP addresses which are making these
> attempts.

Thanks, Peter. I was hoping the answer to my query
leaned in this direction. I'm getting several Netbus
intrusion attempts -- plus assorted others -- bouncing
off my firewall *each day*, according to the logs. I
was hoping there might be some place to refer this
data for possible action *at SBC.* But those turkeys
don't even provide an online network status page, and
I've gotten sick & tired of wasting my time talking to
their "Tech Support" in India. ("Hello, my name is
Derek." . . . Yeah, SURE it is.)

So, this could be the better alternative.

Bob, Peter --

Any idea what they may be able to actually DO about
this ? And, tell me -- isn't this of very limited
value, in the best case scenario ? I mean, anyone
launching these "exploits" -- beyond the greenest
script kiddies, running canned attacks right off of
the skull & crossbones CD they bought for 8 bucks at
the computer show -- are probably going to be able to
hijack someone else's real IP, or otherwise fake out
the "Source" IP. Right ? And most of the world uses
DHCP, where the IPs change regularly from lease period
to lease period.

Jordan

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