Re: Bogus DHCP server in the network....

From: Joseph S D Yao (jsdyat_private)
Date: Mon Oct 04 1999 - 14:53:55 PDT

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    > Here's the picture. I am a client of Adelphia PowerLink CableTV. They use DHCP
    > for giving IP addresses. In the last weeks a bogus DHCP server showed up into
    > the network giving addresses in 192.168.244.128/25. The guy is using aliasing
    > on his Ethernet interface, he has an address aquired from the ISP in the ISP's
    > range and he configured his interface with 192.168.244.129 too. I have his
    > MAC. He gives DNS services. The system the hacker uses is totally protected,
    > no ports are "visible" to allow to try to do something to his system (can syn
    > flood be a solution?). Some time ago the hacker provided forwarding also but
    > now he's not forwarding anymore anoying lots of people in the net as they
    > don't have access to the INTERNET. I believe it is a UNIX box, most likely
    > LINUX with NAT. Now here comes the question: is anything there we can do to
    > block this guy ?
    > 
    > Any answer will be greately appreciated. I will sumarize also for archiving
    > purposes.
    > 
    > TIA & best regards,
    > Tudor
    
    Unless you like getting yourself in hot water, your first step should
    be to accumulate your evidence and present it to your ISP.  How do you
    know, e.g., that this is not just your ISP using different stations and
    being inept about it?  ;->
    
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    Joe Yao				jsdyat_private - Joseph S. D. Yao
    COSPO/OSIS Computer Support					EMT-B
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