From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Nov 30 1:23:13 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com (mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [206.29.169.15]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B125F37B419 for ; Fri, 30 Nov 2001 01:23:07 -0800 (PST) Received: from tedm.placo.com (nat-rtr.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [206.29.168.154]) by mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com (8.11.1/8.11.1) with SMTP id fAU9MLR57421; Fri, 30 Nov 2001 01:22:21 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" To: "Bsd Neophyte" , "Anthony Atkielski" , Subject: RE: script-kiddie trap? Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2001 01:22:21 -0800 Message-ID: <001501c17980$83dc1d20$1401a8c0@tedm.placo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook 8.5, Build 4.71.2173.0 Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3155.0 In-Reply-To: <20011130085315.56789.qmail@web20110.mail.yahoo.com> Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG >-----Original Message----- >From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG >[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Bsd Neophyte >Sent: Friday, November 30, 2001 12:53 AM >To: Ted Mittelstaedt; Anthony Atkielski; freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG >Subject: RE: script-kiddie trap? > > > >--- Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: >> If you want my $0.002 I would recommend you file a complaint immediately >> with their ISP without bothering with gathering evidence. If their ISP >> wants evidence then you can get it to them later. However, for all you >> know their ISP has already gotten multiple complaints from other people >> about their customer, and doesen't need confirmation that the person in >> question is being naughty. > >I've tried this before... twice back in my IRC days when someone would >really make it a point to ping flood me whenver I logged on. The ISP >never did a thing. Because of this, I've lost alot of faith in how ISP's >handle these matters. > >What's worse is that one of these people was part a system administrator >and "security specialist" of some New York web development firm. Now, how >do you complain against someone who you'd normally file the complaint >with? > You go up the chain to the ISP's backbones. Knowingly launching network attacks on people is in violation of every AUP policy any backbone has in place. Also don't forget to make a telephone call - there's a lot of ISP's that round file these complaints but will pay attention to a phone call. Ted Mittelstaedt tedm@toybox.placo.com Author of: The FreeBSD Corporate Networker's Guide Book website: http://www.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message