Re: Possible Sudden Uptick in ASA DOS?

In message <011d01d0bab1$e7890a00$b69b1e00$@gmail.com>, "Chuck Church" writes:

-----Original Message----- From: NANOG [mailto:nanog-bounces@nanog.org] On Behalf Of Jared Mauch Sent: Thursday, July 09, 2015 9:08 AM To: Colin Johnston Cc: nanog@nanog.org Subject: Re: Possible Sudden Uptick in ASA DOS?

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My guess is a researcher.

I wouldn't classify someone sending known malicious traffic towards someone else's network device attempting to crash it as a 'researcher'. Criminal is a better term.

Chuck

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