Re: lots of connections to 64.40.117.19 port 80

["Joey Mengele" <joey.mengele () hushmail com>]

Valdis,

On Fri, 18 Apr 2008 11:11:41 -0400 Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu wrote:

> Yes, but although we have evidence that a DDoS of some sort is 
> underway,
> we have *ZERO*, *ZIP*, *ZILTCH*, *GOOSE-EGG* indication that an 
> XSS was
> involved.  For all you know, it was an iframe injection into 
> clients that
> visited a compromised webserver that downloaded the DDoS tool.

Where is the proof of this iframe injection that you claim? I doubt 
such a technique even exists.

> Sounds more like a "textbook case of calling it an XSS because 
> when you only
> have a hammer everything looks like a nail".

I find this idea flawed.

J

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