identify hostname

30 Nov 1998

      Logs recovered after a ping flood attack cut off the end of a hostname
that the perpetrator may have used in the attack.  If anyone knows who
uses the following format for their dialup IP hostnames, please contact me
privately:

1Cust76.tnt1.sfo2.da.

Brandon Ross            Network Engineering     404-815-0770 800-719-4664
Director, Network Engineering, MindSpring Ent., Inc.  info@mindspring.com
                                                            ICQ:  2269442

Stop Smurf attacks!  Configure your router interfaces to block directed
broadcasts. See http://www.quadrunner.com/~chuegen/smurf.cgi for details.