[ale] unusual amount of 'net attacks from .fr ?

[Mike Lockhart]

When I worked at SecureWorks, one of the worst offenders that I saw in
the logs was wanadoo.fr.  I've tried contacting them several times
personally because I get multiple expolit attempts from them every day,
and they never return calls or do anything about complaints.

On Sat, 2003-02-15 at 04:44, Pilar Losada wrote:
> Hi Fellows,
> I  have been using Wanadoo here in Spain for the last few.  They are a very
> good ISP. You shouldn't have any problem whatsoever with them. If you
> provide them the infomation and your concern, they will help you. At least
> that has been my experience with them.
> 
> Kindest Regards,
> 
> Andy
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Chris Ricker <kaboom at gatech.edu>
> To: <ale at ale.org>
> Sent: Friday, February 14, 2003 5:53 PM
> Subject: Re: [ale] unusual amount of 'net attacks from .fr ?
> 
> 
> > On Thu, 13 Feb 2003, Christopher Bergeron wrote:
> >
> > > --[PinePGP]--------------------------------------------------[begin]--
> > > Hey guys, over the past months (6-8) I've noticed a surge in the number
> > > of attempted "hack" attempts on my firewall originating from .fr
> > > domains.  Particularly   wanadoo.fr.  With all of the recent war
> > > discussions and the purported relationship between France and Iraqi oil;
> > > I'm wondering if there's a relationship...  Has anyone else noticed
> > > anything like this on their routers (I have multiple routers in
> > > completely different locales that have produced the same result).
> >
> > wanadoo.fr is a big ISP in France (they're the ISP for the major French
> > phone company, I think). You will never get anywhere complaining
> > about any abuse from them, and they're notorious as both a spam source
> > and the source of attempted breakins. Your only real recourse is packet
> > filtering, though you will block most of France if you do....
> >
> > later,
> > chris
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