Re: Are hackers trying to get in?

From: Lars M. Hansen (badnews_at_hansenonline.net)
Date: 05/06/04 

Date: Thu, 06 May 2004 11:02:49 -0400

On Thu, 06 May 2004 14:55:22 GMT, mhicaoidh spoketh

>Taking a moment's reflection, Lars M. Hansen mused:
>|
>| Why do people do DoS attacks?
>
> Because the neighbour's dog told them to? ;-)
>
> Seriously, though, I would consider that a different animal. The OP
>didn't seem to be concerned about a DoS, but people trying to get into his
>network.
>

Well, he seems concerned that his router is crashing every night... It
doesn't necessarily mean that people are trying to get in, but rather
that someone knows how to crash his router, and keeps on "amusing"
themselves doing it... It's a theory, I don't think it's very likely,
but ranked, it would come in second after flaky router and before failed
hack-attempts..

Lars M. Hansen
http://www.hansenonline.net
(replace 'badnews' with 'news' in e-mail address)

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