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i think the arin-email idea is great. however i would use it cautiously because it of course means more overhead for you. in an ideal situation notifying the offending host would be diplomatic and very helpful, but if you are getting 3000 code red "visitors" an hour, it would consume too many resources.
gladly the whole thing is dying down but i would keep the scripts handy for the next offender (which unfortunately is all too likely.)
Re: Apache CodeRed Countermeasures
i think the arin-email idea is great. however i would use it cautiously because it of course means more overhead for you. in an ideal situation notifying the offending host would be diplomatic and very helpful, but if you are getting 3000 code red "visitors" an hour, it would consume too many resources.
gladly the whole thing is dying down but i would keep the scripts handy for the next offender (which unfortunately is all too likely.)