On Fri, 9 Apr 2004 09:51, Arnt Karlsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ..another idea; DDOS'ing spam hosts _off_ the net, say by using other > spam hosts as DOS relays? Spam headers contain the originating ip, > and 2 such _can_ be set up to DOS each other. _Etc_.
The problem is that such attacks are a crime, and you are probably easier for the authorities to catch then the spammer... > ..these spam hosts are commonly virus infected Wintendo's without the > owner knowing, as such unsuspecting owners feel their box appears to > work normally. > > ..these virus infected Wintendos should be taken off-line, anyway, > and made secure. And isp's should have a policy on such abuse, > and enforce it. http://www.netfilter.org/patch-o-matic/pom-base.html See the section on "osf" in the above URL for a better solution. Simply block Windows machines from accessing your port 25. > ..outside Internet, similar action is warranted in many jurisdictions, > by laws governing emergencies, for example, breaking into your neighbors > house to take his computer is a criminal offence, but may be warranted > if his house is ablaze and you know the loss of his data will destroy > his business. I doubt that any court would rule that a DDOS attack is lawful, particularly as the attack would mostly harm an innocent ISP that has a Windows luser as a customer (all ISPs have lame customers). > ..Bill Gates' proposal of email-for-a-fee-to-Microsoft to solve this, is > IMHO pure racism, as is Nigeria's 419 legislation, as it effectively > denies all other Africans and many Asians the access to the free > email that you and I enjoy. I don't want to send email to Microsoft anyway... ;) -- http://www.coker.com.au/selinux/ My NSA Security Enhanced Linux packages http://www.coker.com.au/bonnie++/ Bonnie++ hard drive benchmark http://www.coker.com.au/postal/ Postal SMTP/POP benchmark http://www.coker.com.au/~russell/ My home page -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
