Re: Using unallocated address space - for DoS?

On Wed, Feb 14, 2001 at 09:21:32AM -0500, Steven M. Bellovin wrote:

You don't have to break into the "right" router; you just have to start announcing the networks in a way that your peers don't -- can't -- detect is improper.

I did not mean that the network operator was malicious. I meant, in the same way that vulnerable servers are broken into and used for DoS, can routers be broken into and do DoS via blackholes? I think it is hard unless you know the right combination of vulnerable router (sniffable LAN?) and unprotected upstream or peer. -- http://www.internet.org.ph The Philippine Internet Resource Mobile Voice/Messaging: +63-917-810-9728