[OT somewhat] DDOS attacks, where to report?

[Amos Shapira]

Trying to get any useful action from the Israeli police is futile.
Get over it - you have to find other venues to address the issues.

(I speak from experience of multiple personal encounters were I needed
their help and didn't get it).


On 27 January 2013 09:30, shimi <linux-il at shimi.net> wrote:

> On Sat, Jan 26, 2013 at 11:39 PM, Jonathan Ben Avraham <yba at tkos.co.il>wrote:
>
>>
>> This is not true in general under Israeli law, as I have found out myself
>> from unfortunate personal experience. See http://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%*
>> *D7%90%D7%99_%D7%9E%D7%A0%D7%**99%D7%A2%D7%AA_%D7%A4%D7%A9%**D7%A2<http://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%99_%D7%9E%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%A2%D7%AA_%D7%A4%D7%A9%D7%A2>
>>
>>
> This law is about telling the authorities about a CRIME THAT IS GOING TO
> HAPPEN, that you know about, so that the authorities can stop the criminal
> PRIOR to the act of crime.
>
> Unless you claim the ISP KNOWS that a DDoS will happen (in the future) to
> the customer (they can't possibly know. like I've already said - chances of
> catching the source behind a DDoS are almost nil) - I personally find it
> difficult to understand why you think this law is relevant on our case...
>
> Also, not even sure that this is called a crime that happens within the
> borders of Israel. After all, the attacker, and his 'associate' computers,
> are all (for the lack of better knowledge) outside the borders of Israel
> when this happens. Again, the Israeli police (or Government) has no
> jurisdiction over the whole Internet...
>
> I think it is time for me to quote from the Serenity Prayer:
>
> "God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, The
> courage to change the things I can, And wisdom to know the difference."
>
> Of course, I wish your friend luck if he opts to pursue this anyways, with
> the hope for: a) any sort of success, and b) that he won't waste so much
> time/money on his attempts...
>
> Good luck!
>
> -- Shimi
>
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