How to Fight Back
when Computer Criminals Strike
So... you're sitting at your home computer when Zone Alarm
shows an attack. What are you going to do? Joe Average User will
probably just get irritated and turn off the feature that alerts
him when attacks hit. But not you. You, in fact, want to make
today a very bad day for the guy that just tried to crash or
break into your computer.
If you are an advanced user, especailly if you use Unix-type
operating systems such as Linux or BSD, see:
You're a beginner? OK, let's start with the basics. You absolutely
need a firewall that lets you know instantly when someone attacks
you. The attacker may be on a temporary Internet address. If
you want to, ahem, play with your attacker, you need to be sure
that is the guy who really attacked you. An hour later, that
same Internet address may be in use by some harmless old lady
like me, instead.
Newbie note: An Internet address
is the address used to locate any computer on the Internet. All
Internet addresses come in the form of a number, for example,
66.38.151.10. Many Internet addresses also have a word form.
For example, the preceeding address is also called www.securityfocus.com.
The rest of this page is under construction,
sorry.
How
to get the IP address of someone using AOL Instant
Messenger.
