Re: F9 DOS attack

2008-11-27 Thread Dave Feustel
On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 02:25:26AM +1030, Tim wrote: On Wed, 2008-11-26 at 06:54 -0500, Dave Feustel wrote: I spoke with a Comcast technician yesterday. He said there was nothing Comcast could do and that the problem was that the 'bomber' was able to get my ip address by scanning my system.

Re: F9 DOS attack

2008-11-27 Thread Richard England
Dave Feustel wrote: On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 02:25:26AM +1030, Tim wrote: On Wed, 2008-11-26 at 06:54 -0500, Dave Feustel wrote: I spoke with a Comcast technician yesterday. He said there was nothing Comcast could do and that the problem was that the 'bomber' was able to get my ip

Re: F9 DOS attack

2008-11-26 Thread Dave Feustel
On Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 08:01:08PM +, Alan Cox wrote: On Tue, 25 Nov 2008 14:58:27 -0500 (GMT-05:00) Dave Feustel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well, my cable modem once again getting a LOT of unsolicited traffic from the internet - so much so that nothing I attempt to send gets out. My

Re: F9 DOS attack

2008-11-26 Thread Bryan Hepworth
Alan Cox wrote: I spoke with a Comcast technician yesterday. He said there was nothing Comcast could do and that the problem was that the 'bomber' was able to get my ip address by scanning my system. That seems inconsistent to me. Sounds like you got the tea boy, or your ISP doesn't care

RE: F9 DOS attack

2008-11-26 Thread bruce
Feustel Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2008 3:54 AM To: Alan Cox Cc: Community assistance, encouragement,and advice for using Fedora. Subject: Re: F9 DOS attack On Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 08:01:08PM +, Alan Cox wrote: On Tue, 25 Nov 2008 14:58:27 -0500 (GMT-05:00) Dave Feustel [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: F9 DOS attack

2008-11-26 Thread Alan Cox
I spoke with a Comcast technician yesterday. He said there was nothing Comcast could do and that the problem was that the 'bomber' was able to get my ip address by scanning my system. That seems inconsistent to me. Sounds like you got the tea boy, or your ISP doesn't care (or both) Alan --

Re: F9 DOS attack

2008-11-26 Thread Dave Feustel
Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2008 3:54 AM To: Alan Cox Cc: Community assistance, encouragement,and advice for using Fedora. Subject: Re: F9 DOS attack On Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 08:01:08PM +, Alan Cox wrote: On Tue, 25 Nov 2008 14:58:27 -0500 (GMT-05:00) Dave Feustel [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: F9 DOS attack

2008-11-26 Thread Tim
On Wed, 2008-11-26 at 06:54 -0500, Dave Feustel wrote: I spoke with a Comcast technician yesterday. He said there was nothing Comcast could do and that the problem was that the 'bomber' was able to get my ip address by scanning my system. That seems inconsistent to me. If you're chatting with

Re: F9 DOS attack

2008-11-26 Thread Rick Stevens
Dave Feustel wrote: On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 05:30:09AM -0800, bruce wrote: hi dave... just saw this thread. are you running a static ip on your external internet connection. if you aren't, you could simply force the cable modem to reset to another ip address.. I tried reseting the cable

Re: F9 DOS attack

2008-11-26 Thread Fred Silsbee
--- On Wed, 11/26/08, Rick Stevens [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Rick Stevens [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: F9 DOS attack To: Community assistance, encouragement, and advice for using Fedora. fedora-list@redhat.com Date: Wednesday, November 26, 2008, 6:18 PM Dave Feustel wrote

RE: F9 DOS attack

2008-11-26 Thread bruce
, encouragement,and advice for using Fedora. Subject: Re: F9 DOS attack Dave Feustel wrote: On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 05:30:09AM -0800, bruce wrote: hi dave... just saw this thread. are you running a static ip on your external internet connection. if you aren't, you could simply force the cable modem

RE: F9 DOS attack

2008-11-26 Thread bruce
, encouragement,and advice for using Fedora. Subject: Re: F9 DOS attack Dave Feustel wrote: On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 05:30:09AM -0800, bruce wrote: hi dave... just saw this thread. are you running a static ip on your external internet connection. if you aren't, you could simply force the cable modem

Re: F9 DOS attack

2008-11-26 Thread Rick Stevens
bruce wrote: hey rick... are you the same rick, who used to work with a company in san mateo.. that used to deal with akamai... A couple of friends and I founded SiteStream in '99. In '01 we merged with another company and renamed the new beast VitalStream, which was an Akamai (and SpeedEra)

RE: F9 DOS attack

2008-11-26 Thread bruce
, encouragement,and advice for using Fedora. Subject: Re: F9 DOS attack bruce wrote: hey rick... are you the same rick, who used to work with a company in san mateo.. that used to deal with akamai... A couple of friends and I founded SiteStream in '99. In '01 we merged with another company and renamed

Re: F9 DOS attack

2008-11-26 Thread Dave Feustel
On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 02:25:26AM +1030, Tim wrote: On Wed, 2008-11-26 at 06:54 -0500, Dave Feustel wrote: I spoke with a Comcast technician yesterday. He said there was nothing Comcast could do and that the problem was that the 'bomber' was able to get my ip address by scanning my system.

Re: F9 DOS attack

2008-11-26 Thread Tim
On Wed, 2008-11-26 at 19:56 -0500, Dave Feustel wrote: I don't run any servers. Does that mean you don't use them, or that you've actually turned them off? Makes me wonder what I did to provoke the attack Possibly nothing. For some victims, merely existing is reason enough. Years ago, I

re: F9 DOS attack

2008-11-25 Thread Dave Feustel
Well, my cable modem once again getting a LOT of unsolicited traffic from the internet - so much so that nothing I attempt to send gets out. My poor ole Dell doesn't even have enough oomph to process keyboard commands. Does this qualify as a DOS attack? Is there any way to get around this?

Re: F9 DOS attack

2008-11-25 Thread Alan Cox
On Tue, 25 Nov 2008 14:58:27 -0500 (GMT-05:00) Dave Feustel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well, my cable modem once again getting a LOT of unsolicited traffic from the internet - so much so that nothing I attempt to send gets out. My poor ole Dell doesn't even have enough oomph to process keyboard