From owner-freebsd-isp Sun Apr 12 21:05:55 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id VAA25932 for freebsd-isp-outgoing; Sun, 12 Apr 1998 21:05:55 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from federation.addy.com (federation.addy.com [207.239.68.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id VAA25926 for ; Sun, 12 Apr 1998 21:05:51 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from fbsdlist@federation.addy.com) Received: from localhost (fbsdlist@localhost) by federation.addy.com (8.8.5/8.6.12) with SMTP id AAA09398 for ; Mon, 13 Apr 1998 00:05:49 -0400 (EDT) Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1998 00:05:49 -0400 (EDT) From: Cliff Addy To: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Hackers wipe out an ISP during hacking contest In-Reply-To: <001101bd6639$75101840$0300a8c0@admin.cian.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Sun, 12 Apr 1998, Christopher Raven wrote: > If you wern't already aware - take a look. No need to reply, for > information only. > > http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/content/zdtv/0409/305787.html According to the article, the ISP agreed to this. I'd call it a case of criminal stupidity. They HAD to realize it could get out of hand, it was just plain irresponsible not to consider the effect on their other customers. If I were a customer, I'd also be looking for a new provider. Having said my piece, *why* was this posted here? Was FBSD involved in some way? Or just a "hey, look at *this* idiot" message? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message