full-disclosure - Re: lots of connections to 64.40.117.19 port 80

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Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2008 11:22:43 -0400
From: "Joey Mengele" <joey.mengele@...hmail.com>
To: joey.mengele@...hmail.com, news@...donald.net
Cc: full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk
Subject: Re: lots of connections to 64.40.117.19 port 80

News,

On Fri, 18 Apr 2008 11:11:53 -0400 news@...donald.net wrote:
>Eh? The closest thing I can think of to what you're saying is if 
>the cause
>of a DDOS was stored XSS on a popular site(s) being used get users
>browsers to request information from 64.40.117.19. The XSS would 
>be done
>else where, and the DDOS attack itself would contain no 'payload'.
>

That is exactly what I am saying, thank you for clarifying for the 
others. Sometimes I am not as articulate as I would like to be.

>In which case filtering user input on his side isnt going to 
>anything.
>

Actually, it is going to anything, if done properly.

>Plus, you still have no reason for calling this a textbool case of 
>XSS, or
>anything else for that matter. Without seeing the tcpdump, all we 
>can do
>is reel of a list of things in might be.
>

Your logic is not correct here. Please rethink this statement.

>Best,
>
>Renski
>

Same,

J

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