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Reporting a DoS attack to Verizon
My Netgear router has been reporting DoS attacks for over a week from an address that belongs to Verizon. They always start around 10:00PM and end at midnight. Here's an example: [DoS attack: FIN Scan] (5) attack packets in last 20 sec from ip [68.237.40.84], Monday, Jul 08,2024 00:00:46 [DoS attack: FIN Scan] (5) attack packets in last 20 sec from ip [68.237.40.84], Monday, Jul 08,2024 00:00:20 [DoS attack: FIN Scan] (5) attack packets in last 20 sec from ip [68.237.40.84], Sunday, Jul 07,2024 23:59:53 [DoS attack: FIN Scan] (5) attack packets in last 20 sec from ip [68.237.40.84], Sunday, Jul 07,2024 23:59:26 [DoS attack: FIN Scan] (5) attack packets in last 20 sec from ip [68.237.40.84], Sunday, Jul 07,2024 23:59:00 [DoS attack: FIN Scan] (5) attack packets in last 20 sec from ip [68.237.40.84], Sunday, Jul 07,2024 23:58:33 [DoS attack: FIN Scan] (5) attack packets in last 20 sec from ip [68.237.40.84], Sunday, Jul 07,2024 23:58:06 Does anyone know how to effectively report this to Verizon? I sent email to abuse@verizon@net and got back an automated response that essentially said they can't respond to every e-mail they get. The Netgear community says that Netgear routers are "notorious" for reporting false DoS attacks but these packets are coming from some where. Thanks. Rob37Views0likes0CommentsRe: Internet issues in Cranston RI
Not so fast, please. Problems again today. Cox app confirms "We've identified a network-impacting event affecting the consistent delivery of service to your home. We know this can be frustrating...." Yes, it's very frustrating. I can't get my work done.122Views0likes2CommentsRe: Internet issues in Cranston RI
Cox fixed the problem and things were OK for a day and then there was a second problem which they fixed (again). It seems more stable now so I'll cut them some slack unless it gets bad again. If I was just a casual Internet user it might not be a big deal but working from home and constantly losing VPN is not good.165Views0likes1CommentInternet issues in Cranston RI
Over the past few days we've been having outage and packet-loss issues in Cranston RI. The Cox app confirms that there are issues and the issue is being corrected. Working from home, it's a pain having my VPN connection drop every 5 minutes. I hope this isn't a sign of things to come; our Internet service has been good over the years but lately not so much.235Views0likes7CommentsWebmail SPAM seems to no longer offer just marking mail as SPAM.
Because of an issue I was having with my Cox e-mail yesterday I logged into Webmail (which I really never use) and noticed that my Spam folder was full of messages, most of them not spam. In the past you used to be able to indicate that you just wanted suspected spam to be marked as spam but not tucked away in a spam folder. Is this option still available? I can't find it. Rob36Views0likes1CommentRe: Robocalls
The calls aren't anonymous in the strict sense of the word. There's either a fake, unverified caller-ID name or a geographic location (e.g., "PROVIDENCE RI"). As they used to say in the TV commercials, "We can land a man on the moon but..." I can't believe there's no technology solution to this.27Views0likes3Comments