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Date: Tue, 27 May 2008 21:44:39 +0200 From: Anders B Jansson <hdw@...listi.se> To: full-disclosure <full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk> Subject: Re: Ford Motors IT Contact Simon Smith wrote: > In response to them still being infected with sql slammer and it probing > my networks regularly. Ah, them and a gazillion of others. I ran a little experiment some time ago. I had an unused ipadress (bog standard dynamic home issue cable feed) and just for fun I installed nepenthes (and Nessus) on an old PC and logged how, when and with what is was attacked. After a week I dropped generic portscans from the log because it was too much to process. After a month I dropped sql-slammer from the log because it was also to much to process. After six months I cancelled the entire project because it was too depressing. Now I only detect,log and drop ssh brute force attempts (avg 3-4 per day, mainly from mainland china and some from korea). Limiting the continued propagation of sql-slammer is both a worthy and commendable deed. But I'm afraid that it's totally futile. Even if you _do_ manage to get someone to react and investigate they will just tell you that the source is a server managed by some external entity that management has forced them to accept on their network (see last weeks discussion on that subject). -- // hdw _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/
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