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On Tue, 11 Feb 1997 08:35:48 -0500 (EST), Robert Shady wrote:

I wrote:
>> > kernel, and using ipfw would be my best bet.  This issue has become 
>> > somewhat more urgent as our system is being attacked by a pesky (and 
>> > persistent) 15 year old.  I never did receive an answer on how much 
Another wrote:
>> If you know who is trying to break into you system and how, then why dont 
>> you just ring the police and have the little punk locked up. I believe 
>> they take a dim view of that sort of thing. 
>
>It really depends on the city, state, country, etc...  Although in my
>experience, the police don't generally think twice about at least 
>scaring the crap out of the little punk, even if they don't take him to
>jail...

	We are taking legal action of course.  In the US the agency responsible is 
the FBI since denial of service attacks are a federal crime.  My thanks to all those 
who replied both privately and on the list.  I received many helpful suggestions, 
and will be following up on them this week.

Doug