Security Incidents: Re: @home: Is *anyone* really home there???

[root () RGFSPARC CR USGS GOV (Robert G. Ferrell)]

> Ya know, I held my silence, but this one just has me boiling over.
>
> I used to run an ISP, and I'd get this crap at least 100 times a day.  When
> coming back from a nice relaxing weekend, I'd usually DREAD reading my
> email, because it was filled with all this "Jammer" hogwash.
Yeah, it seems to me that any implementation of a security product that in the
process of "protecting" a system generates a de facto denial of service attack
is seriously messed up.

RGF

Robert G. Ferrell, CISSP
Information Security Officer
National Business Center, US DoI
Robert_G_Ferrell () nbc gov
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