[ma-linux] Netgear equipment is DDoS'ing the University of Wisconsin (fwd)

[lyons at digitalvoodoo.org (Timothy M. Lyons)]

FYI

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From: "Streiff, Vince" <VStreiff at npra.org>
To: ma-linux at tux.org
Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2003 10:31:35 -0400
Subject: [ma-linux] Netgear equipment is DDoS'ing the University of
    Wisconsin

Several Netgear products were (are) configured to use the University of
Wisconsin's time server -- which has resulted in an unintentional
Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack on the University of
Wisconsin:  http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~plonka/netgear-sntp/

Whether it's in the office or at home, anybody with Netgear equipment
should check to see if their model is one of the culprits, and if so
upgrade your firmware:
http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~plonka/netgear-sntp/#ToC23

- Vince