Date: Sat, 5 Jun 1999 13:45:02 +0200 From: Wolfram Schneider <wosch@panke.de.freebsd.org> To: Marco Pizzi <marcolin@net-one.it>, Chris <cconel@aussie.org> Cc: freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Net abuse/DOS with Teleport Pro ? Message-ID: <19990605134502.43573@panke.de.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <4.1.19990605002350.0428cd30@pop-sa.net-one.it>; from Marco Pizzi on Sat, Jun 05, 1999 at 12:41:10AM %2B0200 References: <199906041843.EAA08014@mail.aussie.org> <4.1.19990605002350.0428cd30@pop-sa.net-one.it>
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On 1999-06-05 00:41:10 +0200, Marco Pizzi wrote: > >During two periods over two days, a person using a agent that identified > >itself as 'Teleport Pro/1.26' made over ---THIRTY THOUSAND--- hits on my web > >server (at a rate of roughly one per second), repeatedly asking for the same > >(or similar) rubbish URL, as such ... > >[cut] > > >I have not used this software and am unaware of its abilities > > Teleport Pro is a program like wget. > Its main purpose is to download web-sites. > I know that is limit is that it can launch up to 10 simultaneously thread. > Teleport has many netiquette oriented options. like ignoring the /robots.txt file ;-(( Teleport is blacklisted for /cgi/ at www.freebsd.org Wolfram > Moreover it can impersonate another program, so you were lucky: the user > didn't change this option.. > Let me know if you want more information. -- Wolfram Schneider <wosch@freebsd.org> http://wolfram.schneider.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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