From: Vadim Antonov (no email)
Date: Tue Aug 05 2003 - 03:33:50 EDT
On Tue, 5 Aug 2003, Christopher L. Morrow wrote:
> > Spoofed packets are harder to trace to the source than non-spoofed
> > packets. Knowing where a malicious packet is very important to the
>
> this is patently incorrect: www.secsup.org/Tracking/ has some information
> you might want to review. Tracking spoofed attacks is infact EASIER than
> non-spoofed attacks, especially if your network has a large 'edge'.
Errr... you don't need to _track_ non-spoofed attacks - you _know_ where
the source is. Instead of going box to box back to the source (most
likely across several providers) you can immediately go to _their_
provider.
--vadim
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