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Re: Sobig.f surprise attack today
- From: Petri Helenius
- Date: Thu Aug 28 16:22:26 2003
Mike Tancsa wrote:
I dont think this would work too well. The users who are infected
often think something is wrong because their connection and computer
are not working quite right. So they disconnect / reconnect / reboot
so they burn through quite a few dynamic IP addresses along the way.
This is an artifact of ISPīs wanting to have static IPīs as an add-on
premium service
so they provide short lease times and change IP as often as itīs
feasible without
interrupting service unneccessarily.
Pete
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