Date: Tue, 11 Feb 97 12:32:02 -0800 From: "That Doug Guy" <tiller@connectnet.com> To: "FreeBSD Questions" <FreeBSD-Questions@freebsd.org> Cc: "FreeBSD-ISP@freebsd.org" <FreeBSD-ISP@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Packet filtering help please Message-ID: <199702112032.MAA09272@smtp.connectnet.com>
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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
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