From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: /dev/rob0 Subject: Re: 1. Switch Flooding 2. Chains traversal Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2005 07:02:26 -0500 Message-ID: <200509150702.26446.rob0@gmx.co.uk> References: <20050915105620.hg7z7mdbzfy8skko@webmail.kwsoft.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20050915105620.hg7z7mdbzfy8skko@webmail.kwsoft.de> Content-Disposition: inline List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: netfilter-bounces@lists.netfilter.org Errors-To: netfilter-bounces@lists.netfilter.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: netfilter@lists.netfilter.org On Thursday 2005-September-15 03:56, lst_hoe01@kwsoft.de wrote: snip > >> Best solution is of course to fix the virus-machines in your > >> network. > > > > Interesting, all sorts of advice and suggestions, except the real > > answer, which would entertain the idea of finding the affending, > > perhaps infected system and fixing or taking them off the > > network till fixed. > > You have not read my posting until the end ... > > "Best solution is of course to fix the virus-machines in your > network" Yes, that was puzzling. The very answer he said was missing, quoted. I too suggested ideas to locate the machines which needed to be fixed. I did not have the impression that the OP was unaware that these machines needed to be fixed. When we had a problem with viruses, our issue was in finding the perpetrators without making personal visits (even via VNC) to each machine (even non-infected ones.) -- mail to this address is discarded unless "/dev/rob0" or "not-spam" is in Subject: header