hi dave... just saw this thread. are you running a static ip on your external internet connection. if you aren't, you could simply force the cable modem to reset to another ip address.. you might have to work with comcast tech support to accomplish this. (get a 2nd/3rd level guy who actually knows/wants to help you out) if you've already done this, has it managed to slow the offender down? do you have a router connected to the cable modem? does it log the ip addresses of the offending client? -----Original Message----- From: fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Dave Feustel Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2008 3:54 AM To: Alan Cox Cc: Community assistance, encouragement,and advice for using Fedora. Subject: Re: F9 DOS attack On Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 08:01:08PM +0000, Alan Cox wrote: > On Tue, 25 Nov 2008 14:58:27 -0500 (GMT-05:00) > Dave Feustel <dfeustel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > Well, my cable modem once again getting a LOT of unsolicited traffic > > from the internet - so much so that nothing I attempt to send gets > > out. My poor ole Dell doesn't even have enough oomph to process keyboard > > commands. Does this qualify as a DOS attack? > > > > Is there any way to get around this? > > Assuming you have firewalling configured to drop all the crud then no - > contact your ISP and law enforcement as appropriate. I spoke with a Comcast technician yesterday. He said there was nothing Comcast could do and that the problem was that the 'bomber' was able to get my ip address by scanning my system. That seems inconsistent to me. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
