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[REBOL] Re: The Attacks on GRC.COM

From: gchiu:compkarori at: 6-Jun-2001 12:41

On Wed, 06 Jun 2001 11:16:39 +1200 "Chris Double" <[DoubleC--acc--co--nz]> wrote:
> Installing a firewall wouldn't have done him any good > because it was the bandwidth over his T1 lines that was > being drained. A firewall would stop the packets getting > through but the traffic would still travel over the T1 > lines resulting in effectively being knocked off the > internet. That's why the filtering was done at a level > before the T1 lines were reached.
I guess I wasn't too clear in what I wrote. I meant (tongue in cheek) that he should have reprogammed the infected machine's bot to download a firewall to protect that PC. It's just a step up from the bot downloading a newer version of itself. That might alert the owner's that their machines were infected.
> That's why a firewall is not always an effective > solution. I have an ADSL line that I pay for by volume > (Telecom Jetstream) and if an attack like that was > directed at my machine it would do not harm...except I'd > not be able to use the internet due to all my bandwidth > being used even though my firewall would stop it - and > I'd be paying for the huge volume of traffic going into > my modem.
I've been a little worried about that scenario as well. I guess if you could show it was a DOS attack, they shouldn't charge you and they should be responsible for blocking it for you.
> The problem is worse with things like Saturn > Cable where you have a static IP address. It's enough to > make you go back to dial up modem. >
Never :-) -- Graham Chiu