Re: DOS Attack?

From: Anthony Boynes (aboynes_at_cox.net)
Date: 11/26/04

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    Date: Fri, 26 Nov 2004 06:46:42 -0700
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    Shawn Wall wrote:

    >Hi List,
    >
    >I'm currently experiencing network outages due to what appears to be DOS
    >attacks. I'm running a wireless ISP using a Cisco 2611 and CBAC and I have a
    >/24 public address range. During the outage I can see traffic from a single
    >external host sending thousands of packets to a single internal host. I
    >don't have port 80 inbound open in my ACLs so I don't understand how the
    >external host is even able to contact the internal host to begin with.
    >Secondly, how is it possible for an attack on 1 internal host to cripple the
    >rest of my network? Any feedback would be welcome. Thanks.
    >
    >shawn
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    How are you viewing this traffic? Could it be spoofed from the inside?
    Are there any abnormal broadcasts occurring?

    Anthony Boynes


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