From: NetSurfer (netsurf@sersol.com)
Date: Thu Jul 02 1998 - 09:10:31 MDT
On Wed, 1 Jul 1998, ChuckKuecker wrote:
Does anyone have information on anonymous remailers? My ISP has
banned me from SENDING to a maillist I subscribe to. They claim the
server is a 'smurf amplifier', and all my posts get returned.I was
able to receive kist messages until the listserver was changed, which
makes me wonder just how they are going to prevent 'smurfing' by
preventing me from posting. Sounds like arbitrary censorship on the
ISP's part to me..
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Get in touch with the ISP who has their routers configured to allow ip
directed broadcasts and ask them to put in the one-line change to their
routers which will make it impossible for jerks to use their routers to
attack other people's networks. It is a simple change and is
irresponsible for them to leave their networks open to this type of abuse.
They might not even be aware that they are vulnerable to attack and have
been placed on the smurf list.
--
James D. Wilson
netsurf@sersol.com
"non sunt multiplicanda entia praeter necessitatem"
William of Ockham (1285-1347/49)
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