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Build A Darknet To Capture Naughty Traffic
DM_NeoFLeX writes "Have some routable Address Space lying around? You might want to build a DarkNet. The folks over at Team Cymru have outlined instructions for creating one with FreeBSD and as little as /32 routable space. From the article: 'A Darknet is a portion of routed, allocated IP space in which no active services or servers reside. These are 'dark' because there is, seemingly, nothing within these networks. Any packet that enters a Darknet is by its presence Aberrant.' Darknets can provide useful information for tracking the flow of naughty network traffic."
Embrace the power of the darknet.
"Would you, could you, with a goat?" Dr Seuss
The comments that follow are time-stamped proof of what you were all doing during working hours...
I thought that California had the market cornered on this during the energy crisis...
Do not look into laser with remaining eye.
Just as Luke Skywalker defeated Vader and the Darkside, the Lightnet led by the valiant hero Mr. Anonymous Coward PhD will vanquish the villianous foe known as Darknet.
I want an IP in the darknet!
I can hear the cry of the children everywhere!
Oh yeah! and whats an IP?
The Box is Open
Somehow I doubt ARIN and IANA will like this.
Easy by monitoring for traffic with the evil bit set which will either be originating from hell or going there :)
a /32 block is a single machine.
...there are easier ways of finding Pr0n aren't there? Like opening up your spam folder :-)
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But why do I keep getting packets from Microsoft?
If you find this post offensive, don't read it! THINK ABOUT YOUR BREATHING! I am what I am because of how apes behave.
I think you meant this.
Like, traffic that didn't pay it's taxes or something?
Get paid to search..It's geniune and
Well, yes it's 10.0.0.0
but I control it...and that's what's important.
Ok, well...yes, I only control it on my side of the router...
sniff...nevermind
"OMG! They slashdotted Santa!"
"Those bastards!"
Now when I type a wrong IP address, John Asscroft will be on my ass....
My question is what do you do to naughty network traffic? Do you scold it, give it a time out or do you tie it up and make it your slave?
I don't want knowledge. I want certainty. - Law, David Bowie
Like, by wanker pundits who desperately want to be the ones to coin a new phrase.
Nicely put, though it applies to half of the tech journalist types out there.
May we never see th
I've got a /666 block. It's a devil to manage.
Whenever you read this sig someone's refrigerator light turns on.
That actually sounds like a good geek drinking game.
Overrated / Underrated : Moderation
I see you've played this game before.
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just another excuse for sysadmins everywhere to amass large quantities of pr0n in a short period of time ...
We moderators do not have a sense of humor that we are aware of.
Slap it on the nose with a newspaper and say, "Bad! Bad packet!"?