You're right. That was the folly of youth.

Greg

On Oct 2, 2010, at 7:45 PM, Glenn Kelley wrote:

> IP Spoofing can really hit you hard.
> Running a datacenter I have received reports from a number of other DC's
> 
> then when doing the actual investigation I have to tell an engineer @ the 
> other DC that they are wrong.
> 
> Retaliation is never a good thing - chances are you are hitting the wrong 
> person.
> 
> Just my 2 cents 
> 
> 
> On Oct 2, 2010, at 7:55 PM, Greg Ihnen wrote:
> 
>> How about the Backtrack toolset.
>> 
>> In the early days of the internet (for me) I would see people trying to 
>> attack me so I'd use some script kiddie tools to throw attacks back at them. 
>> If they weren't patched they'd go down. Often they'd go down.
>> 
>> Then again that was a colossal waste of time. It's better to just block 
>> them, and once in a while look at your address list and see who's gotten put 
>> in the sand box.
>> 
>> Greg
>> 
>> On Oct 2, 2010, at 7:18 PM, Robert West wrote:
>> 
>>> Or…………..!  A rule that will route them back to themselves!  Now THAT would 
>>> be hilarious!!!
>>>  
>>> Bob-
>>>  
>>> From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On 
>>> Behalf Of RickG
>>> Sent: Saturday, October 02, 2010 12:56 AM
>>> To: WISPA General List
>>> Subject: Re: [WISPA] Brute Force Attack on Mikrotik Gateway
>>>  
>>> "But thinking back on  it, imagine the “Damn it!” looks on their faces if 
>>> they DID get in only to find a nothing Mikrotik routerboard!"
>>>  
>>> LOL, it would be funny to have something connected that did nothing. Better 
>>> yet, just reroute them to fbi.gov!
>>> 
>>> On Fri, Oct 1, 2010 at 10:22 PM, Robert West <robert.w...@just-micro.com> 
>>> wrote:
>>> I’ve been migrating everything to a central location.  Not done yet but 
>>> boy, have had a mess the past 3 weeks with the reconfiguring and moving of 
>>> “stuff”.  As well as one major gateway out of the “solar” status to real 
>>> grid power.  Finally!
>>>  
>>> Was interesting to watch the log, though.  I blocked every IP as it popped 
>>> up then they switched from FTP to SSH.  Once SSH was blocked, they went the 
>>> hell away.
>>>  
>>> But thinking back on  it, imagine the “Damn it!” looks on their faces if 
>>> they DID get in only to find a nothing Mikrotik routerboard!  HA!
>>>  
>>>  
>>>  
>>> From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On 
>>> Behalf Of Glenn Kelley
>>> Sent: Friday, October 01, 2010 10:00 PM
>>> To: WISPA General List
>>> Subject: Re: [WISPA] Brute Force Attack on Mikrotik Gateway
>>>  
>>> Bob, 
>>>  
>>> If memory serves me correct - you do not have a central network - is that 
>>> right?
>>> instead your just using multiple pops via cable modems? 
>>>  
>>> If that is the case - it might be a bit more difficult - on the other hand 
>>> - if you have switched to a central network (or have this in some places) 
>>> than I can give you an easy transparent bridge solution @ no cost (just 
>>> need one of your old pc's and 2 nics :-)  ) 
>>>  
>>>  
>>> Let me know
>>>  
>>>  
>>> On Oct 1, 2010, at 9:48 PM, Glenn Kelley wrote:
>>>  
>>> 
>>>  
>>> why not just block china (and other countries) from access unless it is 
>>> something opened first from inside the network ?
>>>  
>>> Would make a big difference 
>>>  
>>> :-)
>>>  
>>>  
>>>  
>>> On Oct 1, 2010, at 9:28 PM, RickG wrote:
>>>  
>>> 
>>> 61.155.5.247
>>>  
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