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Randy R wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 18, 2010 at 5:38 PM, Stuart Sheldon <s...@actusa.net> wrote:
>>> I a related question, if the IP addresses were spoofed, how could a
>>> response be directed back? Don't the register attempts, because they
> 
>> If the IP addresses were spoofed, it would be simply a DoS attack.
> 
> This is what I thought, so when people say "yeah, but they could be
> spoofed" this isn't a valid argument.
> 
> A huge number of requests going to your server with an originating EC2
> IP needs to be shut down first, questions asked after.
> 
> Only Amazon can fix this. They have not only the IP info but also full
> customer data, including banking info.
> 
> What possible excuse can they provide? Is this why they are silent?
> There's no good excuse other than, "it would cut into our profits".
> 
> Maybe we could get GigaOm interested or some other high-visibility blog.
> 
> /r
> 

For what it's worth, here is my Blog Article from the incident...

http://www.stuartsheldon.org/blog/2010/04/sip-brute-force-attack-originating-from-amazon-ec2-hosts/

Stu

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