13 Jan
1999
13 Jan
'99
9:49 p.m.
On Wed, 13 Jan 1999, Brandon Ross wrote:
Regardless, even from a strict monetary point of view, while the smurf attacks against us are most certainly harmful, they don't cost us nearly as much as the tech support calls blocking ICMP echo would generate.
How about originating smurf attacks? Does mindspring do filtering on dialups, or can mindspring users forge any source address they like? Does ANY major provider filter source addresses on their dialups? -Dan