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

[Mike Lockhart]

It was somewhat difficult, but I also have a friend who speaks french
who was able to tell them that I needed to speak with someone who
understood english.

On Sat, 2003-02-15 at 13:52, Pilar Losada wrote:
> 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 <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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