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Re: NNTP is working (mostly)
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lugnet.admin.nntp
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Wed, 24 Sep 2003 22:01:49 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.nntp, Ray Sanders wrote:
> Just a passing idea.. setting up a tarpit to mimmic the NNTP server, then
> sending the misbehaving traffic there rather than blocking it. That might
> slow down the offending servers to such a point that they back off.
Yup, started doing that Monday evening. It worked quite well for a while,
until the author of the attacks discovered the tarpit behavior and adapted.
--Todd
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Message has 3 Replies:
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| (...) Cool. One person posting over on BL suggested that the attack might be a generic SWEN attack looking to gather email addresses for other neferious purposes. One site[1] has chossen to move the NNTP port to 1119 temporarily until such time as (...) (21 years ago, 25-Sep-03, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
| | | Re: NNTP is working (mostly)
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| (...) Todd, pardon my ignorance, but is this a DoS aimed at Lugnet specifically, or a more generic NNTP attack? who would want to pester Lugnet? Chris (21 years ago, 25-Sep-03, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
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| | Re: NNTP is working (mostly)
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| (...) Just a passing idea.. setting up a tarpit to mimmic the NNTP server, then sending the misbehaving traffic there rather than blocking it. That might slow down the offending servers to such a point that they back off. Ray (21 years ago, 24-Sep-03, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
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