[nsp-sec] Heads-Up - Dalai Lama Live Webcasts

[White, Gerard]

Its data is a bit messed up as well... I really like the one where it
says 142.46.17.1 is located in Newfoundland, Canada :(

GW
855 - Aliant

> -----Original Message-----
> From: nsp-security-bounces at puck.nether.net
[mailto:nsp-security-bounces at puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of
> Smith, Donald
> Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 2:39 PM
> To: dfs at cac.washington.edu; nsp-security at puck.nether.net
> Subject: Re: [nsp-sec] Heads-Up - Dalai Lama Live Webcasts
> 
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> Daniel hubble.cs.washington.edu was recently brought to my attention.
> 
> It appears to be legit however I question it's benefit.
> Some ISPs blackhole ip addresses or cidr blocks to protect customers.
> 
> However what it shows isn't just what we call blackholes. It
> connectivity loss too.
> 
> I personally wouldn't want a list of blackholes published. Networks or
> IP addresses that get blackholed are usually blackholed for a good
> reason and letting the bad guys know which networks blackholed their
> malicious sites is in my opinion not conducive to good Internet
> security.
> 
> 
> RM=for(1)
> {manage_risk(identify_risk(product[i++]) &&
> (identify_threat[product[i++]))}
> Donald.Smith at qwest.com giac
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: nsp-security-bounces at puck.nether.net
> > [mailto:nsp-security-bounces at puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of
> > Daniel Schwalbe
> > Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2008 12:15 PM
> > To: nsp-security at puck.nether.net
> > Subject: [nsp-sec] Heads-Up - Dalai Lama Live Webcasts
> >
> > ----------- nsp-security Confidential --------
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> >
> > Between April 11th and April 15th, The University of
> > Washington in Seattle
> > will host several functions that feature His Holiness the
> > 14th Dalai Lama.
> >
> > Our TV channel, UWTV will have live broadcasts of most of the
events.
> > See http://www.uwtv.org/dalailama for details.
> >
> > There will also be live webcasts available. Here is where I
> > get nervous...
> >
> > With all the current political tension between China and Tibet
(...),
> > there might be a realistic threat of attempts to disrupt the
> > webcasts over
> > the network. DDoS comes to mind.
> >
> > The streaming infrastructure is part of AS73, specifically in the
> > 140.142.8.0 space.
> >
> > I am not so much concerned about a strictly bandwidth
> > targeted attack (we
> > have decently big pipes), but a resource attack on the
> > streaming servers
> > could get ugly. So I might be asking for help here, if it
> > comes to that.
> >
> > Hopefully all will stay quiet on the Western Front ;-)
> >
> >  	-Daniel
> > _______________________________________________________
> > Daniel Schwalbe, CISSP             dfs at u.washington.edu
> > Lead Security Engineer                 +1(206) 221-7000
> > University of Washington         UW Technology Services
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