Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1998 12:06:38 -0500 (CDT) From: Jeremy Shaffner <jer@jorsm.com> To: Liam Slusser <liam@tiora.net> Cc: security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: smurf and broadcast packets.. Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.981016120240.5892F-100000@mercury.jorsm.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980914013859.545A-100000@orbital.tiora.net>
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On Mon, 14 Sep 1998, Liam Slusser wrote: > > Today my server was bombed by a smurf attack. After i got everthing up > > What am i doing wrong? What can i do to stop my server from being the > victom of another smurf attack? > I know this is a bit old, but it wasn't your network that was exploited, it was someone elses. Yours was the target. Patching yourself only prevents your network from being used to launch an attack against someone else. -===================================================================- Jeremy Shaffner JORSM Internet Senior Technical Support Northwest Indiana's Premium jer@jorsm.com Internet Service Provider support@jorsm.com http://www.jorsm.com -===================================================================- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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