Re: Blackholes and IXs and Completing the Attack.

From: Roland Dobbins (no email)
Date: Sat Feb 02 2008 - 20:45:30 EST

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    On Feb 3, 2008, at 4:50 AM, Paul Ferguson wrote:

    > We (Trend Micro) do something similar to this -- a black-hole BGP
    > feed of known botnet C&Cs, such that the C&C channel is effectively
    > black-holed.

    What's the trigger (pardon the pun, heh) and process for removing IPs
    from the blackhole list post-cleanup, in Trend's case?

    Is there a notification mechanism so that folks who may not subscribe
    to Trend's service but who are unwittingly hosting a botnet C&C are
    made aware of same?

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