Re: Virus-infected hosts list

From: Paul Johnson (baloo_at_ursine.ca)
Date: 10/04/03

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    Date: Sat, 4 Oct 2003 03:44:56 -0700
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    On Sat, Oct 04, 2003 at 05:43:42AM -0400, Michael C. wrote:
    > You realize of course that probably 60-70% are dynamic IPs. For example:
    >
    > 212.216.176.206 212.216.176.221 212.216.176.222 212.216.176.223
    > 212.216.176.224 212.227.126.251
    >
    > Are probably one or two people. My ISP usually increments the last
    > number of my IP by one if I disconnect and reconnect. It's some poor
    > sap, that can't understand why his connection is so fscking slow, and
    > thinks if he disconnects and reconnects he'll get a better connection.

    Yes, I know, but a lot of them are SMTP servers. The point is, I *am*
    making headway against the virus deluge this way. It Works For Me,
    YMMV, batteries not included, some assembly required.

    > Tommorrow someone else will be assigned those same IPs and you'll be
    > blocking them even if they were never vulnerable to begin with.

    If it's a problem, they email me, and I pull the IP.

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     .''`. Paul Johnson <baloo@ursine.ca>
    : :' :
    `. `'` proud Debian admin and user
      `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fix a system
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