[pchelpers] Re: Bad IP addresses

Hi John,

Wednesday, October 26, 2005, 2:27:22 PM, you wrote:

JD> Since my guest book was set up, the system has been keeping a log of
JD> attempts by off site scripts to misuse it. The list is growing into what
JD> may be an interesting map of the 'bot nets' distributed all over the world.

JD> These are infected PCs which attempt to carry out nefarious activities,
JD> often without the knowledge of their owners. I was just wondering- could
JD> this be the basis of an 'Is your machine infected with a bot?' resource?

JD> I'm curious what your views are on this, since the list continues to grow.

I hear that the large internet companies with large empty blocks of IP
addresses monitor various kinds of botnets.

Ok, found some links:
http://72.14.203.104/search?q=cache:XlcQy_KI14gJ:www.cheswick.com/ches/ppt/ipv6-myrtle2005.ppt&hl=en&lr=lang_en
http://www.wormblog.com/witty/ (look for "Outwitting the Witty Worm")

More links:
http://www.google.com/search?q=%22network+telescope%22+-stars+-skyscan+-focus+-astronomy

Of course, if some ISPs would monitor their customers better, this
would be less of a problem.

--
Scott.

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