> -----Original Message----- > From: Jonathan Nichols [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2003 4:13 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [SAtalk] monkeys.dom UPL being DDOSed to death (fwd) > > > Great.. is this going to affect SpamAssassin like it did when > osirusoft > went offline? > > > [Mimedefang] monkeys.dom UPL being DDOSed to death > Jon R. Kibler [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Tue Sep 23 14:15:01 2003 > > Greetings to all: > > I have some really sad news. I just got off the telephone with Ron > Guilmette who runs the monkeys.com Unsecured Proxies List > DNSBL. I hate to > say it, but monkeys.com has been killed. It has been DDOSed to death. > > Ron says that every aspect of his network is undergoing a massive DDOS > attack from thousands of IPs -- apparently many/all spoofed. > He has tried > to get law enforcement to investigate, but to no avail. He > indicated that > this is probably the end of his service. > > This makes two DNSBLs that have been DDOSed to death > recently. Which one > is next? NJABL? ORDB? > > The computer security industry really needs to figure out how > to get law > enforcement to take these attacks seriously. It would only > take a few good > prosecutions to put an end to these types of attacks. Any > thoughts/suggestions? > > This is really a dark day for those of us fighting spam. I > looks like the > spammers have won a BIG battle. The only question now is who > will be the > causality in this war? > > Jon R. Kibler > A.S.E.T., Inc. > Charleston, SC USA > > > > > This is pretty sad. > > bye, > Raymond. > > Indeed. This is the beginning I fear. I have called law enforcement from local, FBI, CIA, and Secret Service to find out just what they can and can't do. I did this about 2 months ago. I was deeply upset by the outcome. Most have no way to enforce anything. Almost all can do nothing without a crime being committed.
Many consider the acts civil and not criminal. Home defense is weak, when the guys on the front lines can't call for reinforcements :( --Chris ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _______________________________________________ Spamassassin-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/spamassassin-talk
