Re: SMURF AMPLIFIER BLOCK LIST -- VERY LARGE

[Karl Denninger <karl () mcs net>]

On Mon, May 04, 1998 at 10:08:04AM +0930, Glen Turner wrote:
> Tim Salo wrote:
> > It would be interesting to see if the use of these
> > networks as smurf aplifiers increases once they are
> > published on nanog.
>
> Yes they do -- we had one , customer flinders.edu.au, on
> Karl's list and our logs show significantly more activity
> for that client than other sites that were not protected but
> not on Karl's list.
>
> Personally, though, I'm growing less and less fond of Karl's
> list.  The procedures on his web page don't work for people
> outside the US (Karl's NOC is not 24hr) and direct e-mail
> doesn't seem to work either.
>
> It's annoying to have fixed a problem promptly but still be
> getting bad press about it.
>
> Cheers,
> glen
>
> -- 
>  glen.turner () itd adelaide edu au    Network Support Specialist
>  Tel: (08) 8303 3936           Information Technology Division
>  Fax: (08) 8303 4400            University of Adelaide SA 5005

Let's see...

There are eight hours during which the NOC is not directly open.

So you're saying that you're open (and able to call us) for less than 8 hours?

And I see that you also don't identify the network involved above.

Oh well.  Guess there's nothing we can do if you won't tell us what's going
on.

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