On Jul 9, 2015, at 9:43 PM, Chuck Church <chuckchurch@gmail.com> wrote:
-----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?
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.
There are other terms for people who don’t maintain their equipment, it’s usually described as negligent. If my hardware were rebooting, I would be red-faced first about not having done something and not blaming someone outside. I don’t know if it was a researcher or something buggy sending packets or anything else. (I have no unique direct insight). What I do know is the ASAs under my control and purview had no issues. Take the free upgrade and move on folks. - Jared