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Giving Credit Where Credit Is Due

By now, anyone who reads this blog regularly (both of you) know of my recent ISP escapade and the ensuing rant on ISP accountability.

Well, it's 3am and I've learned a lot tonight.

  • When you think you've got a DoS attack under control, you don't.
  • You're not REALLY under a DoS attack until the LEDs on your firewall start blinking out "SOS" in Morse code.
  • Verio may refuse to let you speak to a human, but the people behind their 2nd level abuse email account work 24/7 and they work fast.
  • Jerol from Verio is my hero. He stopped the madness. He even called to tell me so.
  • The FBI apparently doesn't handle "private" (as in non-government) computer crimes. Or at least, the poor junior agent manning the phone at the Milwaukee field office at 2:30am doesn't think so.
  • The Secret Service, however DOES handle this type of thing.
Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm gonna pull up my co-worker's chair, put my feet up, and catch a few hours of sleep before the sun comes up.

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