-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 Randy R wrote: > On Sun, Apr 18, 2010 at 1:56 PM, Tzafrir Cohen <tzafrir.co...@xorcom.com> > wrote: >> It seems that at least Slashdot is responsive: >> >> http://it.slashdot.org/story/10/04/17/2059256/SIP-Attacks-From-Amazon-EC2-Going-Unaddressed > > Yes, there's a lot of talk here, some of it sympathetic, some less so, > but at least there's discussion. I expect a response from Amazon at > some point, but not until the visibility level becomes painful. One > other person in the Slashdot posts threatens to stop buying things > from Amazon. More of those will likely surface. > > I a related question, if the IP addresses were spoofed, how could a > response be directed back? Don't the register attempts, because they > need a response necessarily carry the correct source IP? > > /r >
Yes, If the IP addresses were spoofed, it would be simply a DoS attack. Stu -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iQIcBAEBCAAGBQJLyyd4AAoJEFKVLITDJSGSnZQQAJTR/VNudd6ZIsTYX3mxlGRC 0l85Z31Jh0ek0u+eNceuQc430yqFHWnK79Bvun/PK7Fz6RbiY5v+h3L5gkNMLpFy i21qTLJGua0MtbPPh3VktzHRle4r4Ph/darbMmwpUCtnBq38cjzTJvpDXIgtNwW/ yHhXIgEsQBhqs5xsPB9yZoPK7hBR3i9gmMi4aNbXg+mHIq7oYEe+ko1U0J/vjHXg 8zH78hzl6RZJfXFAoVb29htt+zII4A+SAH9fZAr72L3IOY4FCRYonT0ttktmTsMk V+wLXJyU2CnUb9w7v5DDG+EgdVrQFxdqN3pGuxfIXBvzu4bC6NAIRpfqqBV4yAAu TmR1+bCOCSbf5giBXJP77HobghzoOsRxhZVa7TMp5OKWuKa+v4zbpwY7YJRMDYOb vd42mSEWlOMr+he0SUnSNNusvqB0jmWIt/8lWEZl4/prpnyym0TWun7Z4Z0GjJLx +OHJLFEwo0T0f2Vf+og1wDBW9e/Tf2c1l2w6SrVHTL+0Hz3+2sh8pt389PPcQmuD PLqmG5mJC1ZuNhYhTknn1mT/NCtpgV4RrLJRcHM/46noEKAdy3DGs79Uwzw0jj3v XUaGRgEpGYz85YF0WaxMnOkSTMW1pgg8sTirHCGZttTcTHybJV2tDfEEEedx11Z5 jPjnd1SbFqhNG9KEsAGr =b2RY -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- _____________________________________________________________________ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: http://www.asterisk.org/hello asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
