Re: OT: Is There A Hacker Convention Going On?
 

Nothing unusual showing up in my router's security log.

Of course, I've got it set to block pings....

Re: OT: Is There A Hacker Convention Going On?
 

If you are getting LOTS of attacks from the same IP addresses, you should look up the source and send a complaint to the domain. Lots of tools are available online. You can do reverse lookups and WHOIS at this site, as well as get the 'abuse' address to report problems.

http://www.dnsstuff.com/

Re: OT: Is There A Hacker Convention Going On?
 

The laws against breaking and entering need to be extended to electronic breaking and entering.

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Yes, but when the purp lives in asia or the former Soviet Union, you kinda screwed.

It should be a law the your ISP provide protection from both virus and electronic B&N. Then again it is most likely our ISP's who are doing it and then selling the info. The SOB's.

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Since I host a white-hat hackers site, the home of the alt.hacker newsgroup, my server is rather a measuring stick of sites which get targetted by skiddies, black-hats, and crackers. In my opinion, you have been targeted. And probably for a DoS attack flood.

Overseas hackers: dont threaten them with law, threaten them with lawsuits. Its far more powerful, available everywhere, and in some countries VERY scarey.

ISPs offering protection: a common discussion in our newsgroup. There are pros and cons since no filter can avoid catching some good stuff with the bad. All of the "bad stuff" is he same protocols as the good stuff. It needs pretty invasive examining of your traffic to decide. My position is that there is a market for filtering AND non-filtering ISPs. I just wish they would choose and advertise themselves as such. I hate getting an account and then finding out that they block/filter something I needed to use.