SAFE Update - Week 8

[Avleen Vig <]

If you have any suggestions for us, please email them to:
    lists-eof@localhost
All notifications are currently sent to 'abuse' or 'tech-c' and 'admin-c'
contacts as defined in the RIPE database for the relevant netblock.

This week we found:
    2482 Smurf Amplifiers replied with five or more ICMP packets
      This was a decrease of 50 from last weeks recorded 2532

    18.266 was this weeks average amplification
      18.026 was last weeks average amplification

    This week there were 4 x1000+ amplifiers (x9193, x6619, x1908, x1632)
      Last week there were 5 x1000+ amplifiers (x5063, x4403, x3983, x2870,
        x1896)

Contacts for the affected netblock recieved notification in the last 12
hours.
Please expect at least a few of these to have closed down by now.

The SAFE home page including FAQ on closing smurf amplifiers is at:
    http://www.ircnetops.org/smurf

-- 
Avleen Vig
Network Security Officer
Smurf Amplifier Finding Executive: http://www.ircnetops.org/smurf