[ale] AT&T Broadband blocking inbound http?

[Joseph Andrew Knapka]

"Michael H. Warfield" wrote:
> 

[snicker]

>         Just for some interesting stats...
> 
>         I'm currently running a teergrube (tar pit) monitoring over 32,000
> addresses and spoofing connections for Code Red to wedge the processes
> when they are scanning for servers.  Since Friday, I have been hit on
> my address space over 1,000,000 times from over 100,000 unique IP address.
> I've been dumping traffic to that "DarkSide" network and it has now been
> hitting something close to 500Meg per day.  Do you think that has had an
> impact on my bandwidth.  You bet you sweet bootie.  Am I getting infected?
> No.  Am I immune to the effects of this bullshit?  No.

[snack] (vorpal scissors :-)

This whole Code Read episode really reminds me of Vernor Vinge's
"A Fire Upon the Deep" for some reason.

I wonder when the script kiddies will decide to stop pissing in the
pond? Surely the culprits in this fiasco have been affected as
much as their victims.

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