Tracking stealth portscan/pepsi attacks

On Thu, Sep 02, 1999 at 10:44:39AM +0100, Leigh Porter wrote:
> Jonas Luster wrote:
> 
> > I'd vote for a WG focussing on these things. IIRC there have been
> > plans on a RIPE-Security WG around RIPE-29 or 30. If there's a bigger
> > interest on this topics what about a Security-BOF next RIPE? In
> > general, net-abuse has become one of the major problems these days,
> > included but not limited to attacks, scans, mailbombs, a.s.o.
> 
> Ahh now if we called it a RIPE-Security WG then that could encompass the
> whole lot and would IMO be a fine idea.
> 
> As a side note, does anybody use anything to prevent address spoofing in their
> network? That would at prevent a lot of attacks completly and make tracing the
> rest much easier.
> 

Packet filters at all boundaries :)

Joe
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