On Thu, 11 Apr 2019, Marc Roos wrote:
Say for instance you have some one trying to constantly access an
account
Has any of you made something creative like this:
* configure that account to allow to login with any password
* link that account to something like /dev/zero that generates infinite
amount of messages
(maybe send an archive of virusses?)
* transferring TB's of data to this harassing client.
I think it would be interesting to be able to do such a thing.
As would finding the person responsible and outing them in public --
both are fantasies that do not scale to practice.
It's a costly countermeasure, and do you really want to engage in
an internet fistfight where your opponent has anonymity, access to
compromised servers or botnet, and no scruples against launching a DDoS
attacks against you?
Block them and move on.
Joseph Tam <[email protected]>
