On Sat, Nov 04, 2000 at 06:00:38AM -0500, Jeff Workman wrote:
Customer: My circuit is being saturated by tons of ICMP garbage. Can you please do something to stop it before it gets to my pipe? I don't know what they did, but apparently one of my dialup users has pissed somebody off, for these attacks are aimed at my modem pool.
Me: Nope, can't help you, sorry.
Customer: Excuse me?
Me: It's your own fault that you're getting attacked because you your customers use IRC. Now sit back and take your spanking. If you wish, I can have a sales representative contact you tomorrow if you feel you need more bandwidth.
Customer: You've got to be kidding!
Me: Nope, thank you, drive through. *click*
A large IP provider (and construction/mining company) essentially told me the above. That was after they turned down my circuit to "stop" the attack. -- Bill Fumerola - Network Architect, BOFH / billf@FreeBSD.org