Andrew Latham wrote: > On Tue, Mar 4, 2014 at 5:46 AM, fmm <[email protected]> wrote: >> On Tue, 04 Mar 2014 09:00:18 +0100, Jay Ashworth <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> >>> http://arstechnica.com/security/2014/03/hackers-hijack-300000-plus-wireless-routers-make-malicious-changes/ >>> >>> Is there any valid reason not to black hole those /32s on the back bone? >> >> >> >>>> The telltale sign a router has been compromised is DNS settings that have >>>> been changed to 5.45.75.11 and 5.45.76.36. Team Cymru researchers contacted >>>> the provider that hosts those two IP addresses but have yet to receive a >>>> response. >> >> >> you wanted to say "blackhole those 5.45.72.0/22 and 5.45.76.0/22", aren't >> you? >> > > Jay is right, it is just the /32s at the moment... Dropping the /22s > could cause other sites to be blocked. > > inetnum: 5.45.72.0 - 5.45.75.255 > netname: INFERNO-NL-DE
I'm guessing that was said under the assumption the provider wouldn't intervene, because if it does intervene there is no point in blackholig anything.
