Attack!?!
Craig White
craigwhite at azapple.com
Mon Jan 7 06:01:59 UTC 2008
On Sun, 2008-01-06 at 21:53 -0800, David L. Gehrt wrote:
> > David L. Gehrt wrote:
> <snip>
> Is that a valid summary?
>
> Yep!
>
> > > No good deed goes unpunished. Before I retired I did some security work
> > > for an employer. You would think I would've learned about sending email
> > > alerts to admins of compromised systems. Retire and a few years later
> > > you finds yourself violating the best practices. I will call the guy
> > > tomorrow.
> > >
> > > Feeling stupid.
> >
> > If my summary is correct, then maybe the only "stupid" one is the net admin
> > that you contacted. He may be testing what he thinks you've reported and in
> > fact has no idea what you've told him.
>
> I suspect at this point that the e-mail I sent may have been intercepted
> by the original "bad person" who then launched (or had launched) an
> attack.
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or perhaps some router or computer somewhere in a related path has a
needle caught in a groove and needs a gentle Fonzi type slap.
Craig
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