[ale] unusual amount of 'net attacks from .fr ?

[Pilar Losada]

Wow, I am sorry they didn't respond better!! Things in Europe move a very
different pace. They don't quite get the customer service thing sometimes.
Just out of curiosity, was it hard  to find someone there who speaks
English? That could be part of the problem.

Kindest Regards,

Andy
----- Original Message -----
From: Mike Lockhart <backpacker at hikers.net>
To: ale at ale.org
To: ALE <ale at ale.org>
Sent: Saturday, February 15, 2003 1:44 PM
Subject: RE: [ale] unusual amount of 'net attacks from .fr ?


> When I worked at SecureWorks, one of the worst offenders that I saw in
> the logs was wanadoo.fr.  I've tried contacting them several times
> personally because I get multiple expolit attempts from them every day,
> and they never return calls or do anything about complaints.
>
> On Sat, 2003-02-15 at 04:44, Pilar Losada wrote:
> > Hi Fellows,
> > I  have been using Wanadoo here in Spain for the last few.  They are a
very
> > good ISP. You shouldn't have any problem whatsoever with them. If you
> > provide them the infomation and your concern, they will help you. At
least
> > that has been my experience with them.
> >
> > Kindest Regards,
> >
> > Andy
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Chris Ricker <kaboom at gatech.edu>
> > To: <ale at ale.org>
> > Sent: Friday, February 14, 2003 5:53 PM
> > Subject: Re: [ale] unusual amount of 'net attacks from .fr ?
> >
> >
> > > On Thu, 13 Feb 2003, Christopher Bergeron wrote:
> > >
> > >
> --[PinePGP]--------------------------------------------------[begin]--
> > > > Hey guys, over the past months (6-8) I've noticed a surge in the
number
> > > > of attempted "hack" attempts on my firewall originating from .fr
> > > > domains.  Particularly   wanadoo.fr.  With all of the recent war
> > > > discussions and the purported relationship between France and Iraqi
oil;
> > > > I'm wondering if there's a relationship...  Has anyone else noticed
> > > > anything like this on their routers (I have multiple routers in
> > > > completely different locales that have produced the same result).
> > >
> > > wanadoo.fr is a big ISP in France (they're the ISP for the major
French
> > > phone company, I think). You will never get anywhere complaining
> > > about any abuse from them, and they're notorious as both a spam source
> > > and the source of attempted breakins. Your only real recourse is
packet
> > > filtering, though you will block most of France if you do....
> > >
> > > later,
> > > chris
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