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

From: Baribault, Gary (gary.baribaultat_private)
Date: Tue Oct 05 1999 - 06:01:16 PDT

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    With the guy's MAC and IP why cant the cable provider just disconnect him?
    
    If they have his mac they can trace him and just remove his cable modem from
    service or block the DHCP forwarding on his port or a million other things!
    
    Gary Baribault
    Network Architect
    
    
    -----Original Message-----
    From: owner-firewall-wizardsat_private
    [mailto:owner-firewall-wizardsat_private]On Behalf Of TUDOR
    PANAITESCU
    Sent: Sunday, October 03, 1999 7:38 AM
    To: firewall-wizardsat_private
    Subject: Bogus DHCP server in the network....
    
    
    Hello fellow wizards,
    
    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
    
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