Date: Thu, 1 May 1997 21:30:35 -0700 From: John-Mark Gurney <jmg@hydrogen.nike.efn.org> To: FreeBSD-Hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: SPAM target Message-ID: <19970501213035.42945@hydrogen.nike.efn.org> In-Reply-To: <E0wN8qr-0005PI-00@rover.village.org>; from Warner Losh on Thu, May 01, 1997 at 09:17:41PM -0600 References: <19970501193004.42591@hydrogen.nike.efn.org> <199705020051.RAA04034@superior.mooseriver.com> <Pine.NEB.3.94.970501183944.9209A-100000@misery.sdf.com> <E0wN8qr-0005PI-00@rover.village.org>
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Warner Losh scribbled this message on May 1: > In message <19970501193004.42591@hydrogen.nike.efn.org> John-Mark > Gurney writes: > : > Not likely. AGIS is the current home of Cyber Promotions, and actively > : > defends their activities. > : > : sounds like we need to send a message to MCI and see if they won't do > : any thing about it... of course we can always to a class action > : suit... and each of us get $500 for each posting to each list.. :) > > don't count on it. I know of at least three machines in the > cyberpromo domain that are sending BIFF packets to our subnet every what is a BIFF packet anyways? never heard the term... > time they get a mail message. The village has been hit with hundreds > of thousands of these things over the last several months. We've > tried everything we can think of to make them stop, and still they > keep coming. > > Ideas? Can we call the DA or the FBI for a DoS attack? well.. I think we should call the FBI.. it's a national matter as he has crossed state lines... as he's spamming our "fax machines" across the country (and world wide)... -- John-Mark Cu Networking Modem/FAX: +1 541 683 6954 Live in Peace, destroy Micro$oft, support free software, run FreeBSD
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