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Re: wpad.dat attack on Linux Apache server

From	Sandman <mr@sandman.net>
Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.networking, comp.os.linux.security, comp.infosystems.www.servers.unix
Subject	Re: wpad.dat attack on Linux Apache server
Date	2013-05-24 21:12 +0200
Message-ID	<mr-9B450D.21121724052013@News.Individual.NET> (permalink)
References	(11 earlier) <8761y8qxcr.fsf@araminta.anjou.terraraq.org.uk> <mr-870DFD.16265624052013@News.Individual.NET> <87d2sgl4e2.fsf@araminta.anjou.terraraq.org.uk> <mr-6FFDCD.19021324052013@News.Individual.NET> <874ndsl1as.fsf@araminta.anjou.terraraq.org.uk>

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In article <874ndsl1as.fsf@araminta.anjou.terraraq.org.uk>,
 Richard Kettlewell <rjk@greenend.org.uk> wrote:

> > I can think of only one person (from here on usenet) but he's from
> > America and I doubt he has the ability to muster a botnet of
> > Swedish-only clients. He has tried to flood me before, but only from a
> > single IP. So no, I have to answer that I know of no one that could do
> > this specifically against *me*. Maybe against one of my clients?
> > 
> > Because, if they were targetting me, they would target my homepage
> > (sandman.net) or some other, these attacks seem to either target the
> > IP or my cluster domain name - and the cluster domain is not something
> > used for anything but DNS redirection.
> 
> From what you’ve said (and I may be wrong) it sounds like it could be
> targetting your source of income.  The ability to run a botnet
> personally isn’t necessarily relevant, even if you’re right about that;
> botnet operators rent them out.

I didn't know that :)

Thanks for your comments, it's a possible scenario I suppose.


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Sandman[.net]

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wpad.dat attack on Linux Apache server Sandman <mr@sandman.net> - 2013-05-24 11:22 +0200
  Re: wpad.dat attack on Linux Apache server Richard Kettlewell <rjk@greenend.org.uk> - 2013-05-24 10:37 +0100
    Re: wpad.dat attack on Linux Apache server Sandman <mr@sandman.net> - 2013-05-24 11:44 +0200
      Re: wpad.dat attack on Linux Apache server Richard Kettlewell <rjk@greenend.org.uk> - 2013-05-24 11:04 +0100
        Re: wpad.dat attack on Linux Apache server Sandman <mr@sandman.net> - 2013-05-24 12:13 +0200
          Re: wpad.dat attack on Linux Apache server Richard Kettlewell <rjk@greenend.org.uk> - 2013-05-24 11:20 +0100
            Re: wpad.dat attack on Linux Apache server Sandman <mr@sandman.net> - 2013-05-24 12:23 +0200
              Re: wpad.dat attack on Linux Apache server J G Miller <miller@yoyo.ORG> - 2013-05-24 11:07 +0000
                Re: wpad.dat attack on Linux Apache server Sandman <mr@sandman.net> - 2013-05-24 14:43 +0200
                Re: wpad.dat attack on Linux Apache server Casper H.S. Dik <Casper.Dik@OrSPaMcle.COM> - 2013-05-24 13:05 +0000
                Re: wpad.dat attack on Linux Apache server Sandman <mr@sandman.net> - 2013-05-24 15:14 +0200
                Re: wpad.dat attack on Linux Apache server Joe Beanfish <joebeanfish@nospam.duh> - 2013-05-24 13:39 +0000
                Re: wpad.dat attack on Linux Apache server Sandman <mr@sandman.net> - 2013-05-24 16:23 +0200
                Re: wpad.dat attack on Linux Apache server Richard Kettlewell <rjk@greenend.org.uk> - 2013-05-24 15:13 +0100
                Re: wpad.dat attack on Linux Apache server Sandman <mr@sandman.net> - 2013-05-24 16:26 +0200
                Re: wpad.dat attack on Linux Apache server Richard Kettlewell <rjk@greenend.org.uk> - 2013-05-24 17:38 +0100
                Re: wpad.dat attack on Linux Apache server Sandman <mr@sandman.net> - 2013-05-24 19:02 +0200
                Re: wpad.dat attack on Linux Apache server Richard Kettlewell <rjk@greenend.org.uk> - 2013-05-24 18:45 +0100
                Re: wpad.dat attack on Linux Apache server Sandman <mr@sandman.net> - 2013-05-24 21:12 +0200
                Re: wpad.dat attack on Linux Apache server Casper H.S. Dik <Casper.Dik@OrSPaMcle.COM> - 2013-05-24 16:47 +0000
                Re: wpad.dat attack on Linux Apache server Sandman <mr@sandman.net> - 2013-05-24 18:53 +0200
                Re: wpad.dat attack on Linux Apache server J G Miller <miller@yoyo.ORG> - 2013-05-24 17:15 +0000
                Re: wpad.dat attack on Linux Apache server Sandman <mr@sandman.net> - 2013-05-24 21:20 +0200
                Re: wpad.dat attack on Linux Apache server Richard Kettlewell <rjk@greenend.org.uk> - 2013-05-25 08:45 +0100
                Re: wpad.dat attack on Linux Apache server Sandman <mr@sandman.net> - 2013-05-25 09:54 +0200
                Re: wpad.dat attack on Linux Apache server Sandman <mr@sandman.net> - 2013-05-25 10:04 +0200
                Re: wpad.dat attack on Linux Apache server Casper H.S. Dik <Casper.Dik@OrSPaMcle.COM> - 2013-05-26 10:12 +0000
                Re: wpad.dat attack on Linux Apache server "David W. Hodgins" <dwhodgins@nomail.afraid.org> - 2013-05-24 13:50 -0400
                Re: wpad.dat attack on Linux Apache server Richard Kettlewell <rjk@greenend.org.uk> - 2013-05-24 19:10 +0100
                Re: wpad.dat attack on Linux Apache server Richard Kettlewell <rjk@greenend.org.uk> - 2013-05-24 19:15 +0100
                Re: wpad.dat attack on Linux Apache server Sandman <mr@sandman.net> - 2013-05-24 21:33 +0200
                Re: wpad.dat attack on Linux Apache server Richard Kettlewell <rjk@greenend.org.uk> - 2013-05-25 08:38 +0100
                Re: wpad.dat attack on Linux Apache server Sandman <mr@sandman.net> - 2013-05-24 21:25 +0200
                Re: wpad.dat attack on Linux Apache server Whiskers <catwheezel@operamail.com> - 2013-05-25 15:52 +0100
                Re: wpad.dat attack on Linux Apache server Roger <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2013-05-25 17:19 +0100
                Re: wpad.dat attack on Linux Apache server J G Miller <miller@yoyo.ORG> - 2013-05-25 17:22 +0000
                Re: wpad.dat attack on Linux Apache server Sandman <mr@sandman.net> - 2013-05-25 19:41 +0200
              Re: wpad.dat attack on Linux Apache server Chris Davies <chris-usenet@roaima.co.uk> - 2013-05-24 12:31 +0100
                Re: wpad.dat attack on Linux Apache server Sandman <mr@sandman.net> - 2013-05-24 14:29 +0200
                Re: wpad.dat attack on Linux Apache server Chris Davies <chris-usenet@roaima.co.uk> - 2013-05-24 23:45 +0100
  Re: wpad.dat attack on Linux Apache server Sandman <mr@sandman.net> - 2013-05-24 14:49 +0200
  Re: wpad.dat attack on Linux Apache server jcharth@gmail.com - 2013-05-28 12:45 -0700

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