I've seen an increase in DOS attacks over the past week or so, of a form I really haven't encountered before. Below are some logs. 22:30:52.821705 255.255.255.255.80 > 205.133.127.30.6667: R 0:0(0) ack 1062615418 win 0 22:30:52.821956 202.172.120.255.80 > 205.133.127.30.6667: R 0:0(0) ack 3046052966 win 0 22:30:52.822208 168.17.227.0.80 > 205.133.127.30.6667: S 21259901:21259901(0) ack 1412091198 win 2144 <mss 536> 22:30:52.822459 255.255.255.255.80 > 205.133.127.30.6667: R 0:0(0) ack 2473479669 win 0 22:30:52.822711 210.251.128.255.80 > 205.133.127.30.6667: R 0:0(0) ack 529389642 win 0 22:30:52.822962 195.53.123.0.80 > 205.133.127.30.6667: . ack 1625272127 win 9112 (DF) 22:30:52.823213 152.158.37.127.80 > 205.133.127.30.6667: R 0:0(0) ack 1362286194 win 0 Lots and lots of TCP ACK's from broadcast addresses. Looks like a new kind of indirect SYN/ACK flood based on broadcast addresses. Which led me to sort through my logs and do my best to get the amps shut down, which led me to my current problem/gripe. Their exists no reliable way to get the contact of a network without first querying arin, then apnic, then the .jp registry for instance. This is a royal PITA and is in no way scriptable that I can see. Am I wrong? Does such a thing exist? What can we do bout these attacks. Jason --- Jason Slagle - CCNA - CCDA Network Administrator - Toledo Internet Access - Toledo Ohio - raistlin@tacorp.net - jslagle@toledolink.com - WHOIS JS10172 -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.12 GE d-- s:+ a-- C++ UL+++ P--- L+++ E- W- N+ o-- K- w--- O M- V PS+ PE+++ Y+ PGP t+ 5 X+ R tv+ b+ DI+ D G e+ h! r++ y+ ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------