Re: Spam sent from compromised (web)hosts vs botnet spam

Paul Ferguson <[email protected]> Fri, 22 Mar 2013 09:23:52 -0700
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On Fri, Mar 22, 2013 at 9:15 AM, Dan Oetting <[email protected]> wrote:

>
> But we're getting close. I floated the idea of using ICMP as a feedback mechanism and I intend to follow up on that. The next step is to start documenting the concept on the wiki (does everyone know about the wiki?). Then the default behavior of existing systems to these packets needs to be documented to identify if there are any potential damaging side effects. For this step I could definitely use some help from the group as the variety of systems I have access to is limited. I think we could call this "research" if data is actually collected and documented.
>

Just think out loud, but there are still a non-trivial number of
networks out there which block some ICMP traffic for various reasons,
some not so smart. :-/

- ferg



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