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Anyone have any ideas on this one?  Is this a true smurf or a false
positive?

My RS engine keeps flagging smurf attempts but I can't seem to corroborate
it.  I have traced the target IP's on my networks to 2 machines used by our
co-ops.  I have tried using a sniffer several times to see what's happening,
but I can never seem to catch a suspected smurf in progress.  The only thing
I can tell they're doing is using AOL Instant Messenger.  

1) Does IM use ICMP?
2) Do IM chat messages travel from client to client, or do they go through a
central server?
3) Is there a way for a client to find the IP address of another client in
order to smurf them?

The other possibility is that they have unknowingly installed some trojaned
software.  But I never see outbound ICMP's, only inbound.

Also, all source address for the smurfs appear to be ISP or university dial
or DHCP hosts.

Any help would be greatly appreciated...

Thanks,
Tim

Tim A. Irwin
Manager - SVT Lab
Advanced Networking Division
BellSouth Telecommunications
Phone: (205) 982-9715
E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]


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