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To: greenspirit who wrote (170)	1/14/1998 12:07:00 AM
From: David Lawrence	Respond to of 1327

Well, actually not. I know that my ethernet adapter has to be plugged into the wall jack to work..... My very uninformed understanding (oxymoron?) is that the culprit sends a steady stream of TCP packets to the targeted host. The packets have illegal data (i.e. doesn't comply to TCP/IP protocols) in the packet headers, confusing the receiving host, and sending it off on a wild goose chase, deterring it from processing other legitimate packets (referred to as a denial of service attack). Other routing data in the errant packets has also been modified, making it difficult to locate the culprit. I guess a weak analogy would be someone giving you a set directions with the compass points and turns mixed up randomly. You could follow the directions forever without reaching the correct destination. I'll glady stand corrected. David

To: greenspirit who wrote (170)	1/14/1998 1:31:00 AM
From: Josef Svejk	Respond to of 1327

Humbly report, Michael, if you want the opinion of the cracker's main target, here is a good place to ask: "Welcome to Silicon Investor!": Subject 16294 I believe Brad Dryer is qualified to answer in great detail. Here is his last post on the subject: Message 3154461 Svejk (GL-15 applies: digiserve.com ;-)