[Sheflug] Re: Bit of a Goodie

[Richard Ibbotson <nospam [at] sheflug.co.uk>]

David

> > > I thought it was quite a good one so I thought I'd send it in.
>
> Also interesting bearing in mind that I've just been subjected to
> an attempted DoS attack, had an unpatched IIS5 server violated, and
> have just had to close what I thought was a closed mail relay!

Hmm .... sounds like IIS :)


> Interestingly, the SPAM attack which started last week was being
> made by someone using one of the ISPs mentioned in the article -
> Genuity.com. The DoS though seemed to originate in Taiwan, with the
> home page on the server in question getting replaced with a message
> along the lines of "F**k the Chinese". I knew I should had stuck to
> Apache!

Oh.. that one again :)

Yes, some of the latest Apache security stuff from Covalent is 
excellent.  Most of the nasty stuff that comes my way comes from 
Korea, or Taiwan or the States.  That's to my own personal box at 
home with a dialup connection.

Well, wotever next ??

Thanks


-- 
Richard
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