On 9 Feb 2000, Sean Donelan wrote:
But if anyone does have a compromised box involved in the current round of DDOS, please don't "scorch" it. Assuming you don't mind losing your equipment for a while, give your local FBI office a call and ask if they ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ want to look at it. They'll tell you whether to leave it running, shut it down gracefully, or just yank the power cord.
But first you'll have to explain to them what a computer is, what unix is, what cracking means, etc. I've dealt with the FBI before in cracking incidents. It wasn't until I got in touch with someone from the computer crimes division in DC that I found an agent with even the smallest fraction of a clue. The local and regional offices were useless. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Jon Lewis *jlewis@lewis.org*| Spammers will be winnuked or System Administrator | nestea'd...whatever it takes Atlantic Net | to get the job done. _________http://www.lewis.org/~jlewis/pgp for PGP public key__________