full-disclosure - What to do with bot networks

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From: pauls at utdallas.edu (Paul Schmehl)
Subject: What to do with bot networks

--On Friday, December 03, 2004 12:27:20 PM -0500 Conor Sibley 
<csibley@...il.com> wrote:
>
> -Do I disable the network
> This is a huge network that is likely used for DDOSing.  If you've
> ever been DOSed... it sux.
>
> -Do I report to ISP or authorities
> The ISP is in an eastern European country and I don't know if the
> local authorities would do anything let alone care.
>
> -Do I do nothing
> This option sucks but it sure is the easiest
>
The answer to this question is inversely proportional to the amount of time 
you have to screw with it.

case "$1" in
  no_time)
    OPTION=3
  ;;
  some_time)
    OPTION=1
  ;;
  lots_of_time)
    OPTION=2
  ;;
  *)
    echo $"Usage: 0$ {no_time|some_time|lots_of_time}"
    exit 1
esac

Paul Schmehl (pauls@...allas.edu)
Adjunct Information Security Officer
The University of Texas at Dallas
AVIEN Founding Member
http://www.utdallas.edu