I just thought I'd update everyone on the situation.
Two days ago some "Security" guy phoned me from the ISP. It seems the "abuse" section got tired of me sending them a log of Smurf attacks every 24 hours for months, because they don't intend to do anything about them except threaten to shut me off for attacking myself from my own ip address. He said to send the logs to him. He sent a guy to replace my modem. I thought the idea was to change my ip address, but that didn't happen.
My router logs these Smurf attacks all day and all night, typically 100 to 300 attacks per day. Whenever I fire up my computer, the router immediately logs an incoming Smurf attack against me from my own ip address. This happens with Windows Vista and Ubuntu. I am using Ubuntu right now, and continue seeing new incoming attacks from myself. I have re-loaded my operating system 4 times and replaced my hard drive twice. I have scanned my computer with 3 different virus killers. I have updated the firmware in my router and changed the password. I use MAC Address Filtering so no mac address except this computer can log on to my router. I have had the modem replaced, and disconnected the ROKU tv that I received for Christmas. The ISP might soon look up the definition of a Smurf Attack, which is based on using a false ip address as the sender. If the experts ever read the Wiki entry, they might figure out it is impossible for me to send myself a Smurf Attack and log it as "incoming".
Bottom line? This computer is not sending out Denial of Service attacks. The Internet Service provider can not stop me from not doing that. Still, they can't figure out that someone is spoofing hundreds of random ip addresses per day and they keep threatening the real occupants of the ip addresses.
I am still surrounded by idiots.
Do not reply with ways to fix my computer. It isn't broken.
Two days ago some "Security" guy phoned me from the ISP. It seems the "abuse" section got tired of me sending them a log of Smurf attacks every 24 hours for months, because they don't intend to do anything about them except threaten to shut me off for attacking myself from my own ip address. He said to send the logs to him. He sent a guy to replace my modem. I thought the idea was to change my ip address, but that didn't happen.
My router logs these Smurf attacks all day and all night, typically 100 to 300 attacks per day. Whenever I fire up my computer, the router immediately logs an incoming Smurf attack against me from my own ip address. This happens with Windows Vista and Ubuntu. I am using Ubuntu right now, and continue seeing new incoming attacks from myself. I have re-loaded my operating system 4 times and replaced my hard drive twice. I have scanned my computer with 3 different virus killers. I have updated the firmware in my router and changed the password. I use MAC Address Filtering so no mac address except this computer can log on to my router. I have had the modem replaced, and disconnected the ROKU tv that I received for Christmas. The ISP might soon look up the definition of a Smurf Attack, which is based on using a false ip address as the sender. If the experts ever read the Wiki entry, they might figure out it is impossible for me to send myself a Smurf Attack and log it as "incoming".
Bottom line? This computer is not sending out Denial of Service attacks. The Internet Service provider can not stop me from not doing that. Still, they can't figure out that someone is spoofing hundreds of random ip addresses per day and they keep threatening the real occupants of the ip addresses.
I am still surrounded by idiots.
Do not reply with ways to fix my computer. It isn't broken.