On 08/11/2010 23:05, RandallM wrote: > Well...the Echo request hit again our IP block address using another > IP (both from FR.), the first hits were morning, second wer about two > hours of it in the afternoon (I've never experienced where it hit the > whole damn thing X.X.X.255)
I assume this e-mail was intended as a joke (this being funsec etc), but I'll bite just in case someone who actually has this problem runs into the thread on Google; Above scenario is indicative of a network being an intermediary in a UDP broadcast amplification attack, i.e. fraggle. See http://www.lmgtfy.com/?q=fraggle+attack Thomas/Beige -- Thomas Mannfred Carlsson [email protected] SMS: +35-850-07-07-850 PGP Key ID: 0x69570687 _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
