[ILUG] From the register. XP machine rooted in 200 seconds.

[Nils]

On Wed, 2004-12-01 at 13:47 +0000, Ken Gilmour wrote:
> Captain's Log, stardate Wed, 1 Dec 2004 13:42:20 +0000, from the fingers of Timothy Murphy came the words:
> >On Wednesday 01 December 2004 11:42, Liam Bedford wrote:
> >
> >>Once the machines blocked ICMP,
> >>the number of attacks per hour dropped drastically. Which is
> >>unfortunate, because it'll lead to even more people thinking
> >>blocking ICMP is a good thing to do.
> >>
> >
> >Isn't it?
> 
> I Hope you're kidding!
> 

************WIT WARNING****************
<rant start>
try ping www.wit.ie  *blocked*
try ping snet.wit.ie *blocked*
And even when i'm using any computer inside the college i can't ping any
box on the outside world.
Think someone should tell our IT manager that blocking ICMP is bad.
What can i say,He doesn't believe me :(
</rant over>
nils