Except in this case it's a DNS attack, which implies UDP based and easily spoofed. The source IP may or may not actually be accurate. Ken ________________________________ From: Richard Barnes [mailto:richard.barnes@gmail.com] Sent: Wed 11/30/2011 11:51 AM To: andrew.wallace Cc: nanog@nanog.org; Leland Vandervort Subject: Re: Recent DNS attacks from China? An attack originating from somewhere indicates the presence of either an attacker or a compromised host. A particular density of either in a particular geographical area would seem like an interesting data point. --Richard On Wed, Nov 30, 2011 at 1:24 PM, andrew.wallace <andrew.wallace@rocketmail.com> wrote:
Before we see knee-jerk conclusions about who to blame, these attacks could be carried out by anyone.
Is country even relevant in the cyberscape?
Andrew
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