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Re: Why would someone DoS a free-lance writer?
From: Jim Starke <jstarke () ptd net>
Date: Sat, 30 Jun 2001 15:25:35 -0400
Sara Brigid Gaffney wrote:
I had my packet sniffer running on this solitary Windows PC but I wasn't on the net. Suddenly I noticed I was getting hit multiple times a second. They were coming from a range of sources but targeted one port, 6346.
Possibly the previous person who had the IP Address that you were assigned when you connected to your ISP was running Gnutella. It wasn't a DoS but just the fallout of other computers thinking that you were sharing files because they didn't know the previous user disconnected. I'm presuming that you are assigned a dynamic ip address by your ISP. Normally disconnecting and dialing back into your ISP will fix the problem because it will assign you a new ip address. -- Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum viditur. http://www.jcsmall.com/homepage ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- This list is provided by the SecurityFocus ARIS analyzer service. For more information on this free incident handling, management and tracking system please see: http://aris.securityfocus.com
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- Re: Why would someone DoS a free-lance writer? Jim Starke (Jul 01)
- Re: Why would someone DoS a free-lance writer? gabriel rosenkoetter (Jul 01)
- Re: Why would someone DoS a free-lance writer? Markus Kern (Jul 02)
- Re: Why would someone DoS a free-lance writer? gabriel rosenkoetter (Jul 03)
- Re: Why would someone DoS a free-lance writer? Markus Kern (Jul 05)
- Re: Why would someone DoS a free-lance writer? gabriel rosenkoetter (Jul 06)
- Re: Why would someone DoS a free-lance writer? Markus Kern (Jul 02)
- Re: Why would someone DoS a free-lance writer? gabriel rosenkoetter (Jul 01)