[SlugBug] DDoS help required

[Jonathan]

Neil McGovern wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 16, 2003 at 02:02:23AM +0100, Jonathan wrote:
> 
>>It's a server owned by a customer so an update and proper firewall have 
>>been recommended, but I'm just wondering if I can do something else in 
>>the meantime.
> 
> 
> Yup,
> Unplug it from the network :P
> 
> Seriously, if it's affecting other customers machines, you should do
> this until problems can be sorted.

Yes, I'll go suck some eggs while I'm there ;)

It's more a case of "it would be nice to have this running, if we can't 
immediately stop the DDoS, can we at least make the machine usable in 
the meantime?"

> In the mean time, running ssh on a non-standard port my help confuse
> those script kiddies. The customer is running ssh v2 aren't they?

Yes, v2, yes, non-standard port. They haven't helped.

- J