[LINK] DOS attacks for 24 hours

[Jan Whitaker]

[sending again, since Link seems to have been offline yesterday 
(Friday) -- the problem has stopped, but would still like to know 
what linkers think about this situation]

Linkers, I need some advice (offlist is probably best).

I've had DOS attacks on my router for the past 24 hours. I've shut 
off and re-established my IP address several times to no avail.
They aren't all from the same originating IP address. They look like this:

UDP Packet - Source:87.205.63.20,12142 Destination:118.209.191.176,8500 - [DOS]

Is there something about port 8500 that is particularly attractive at 
the moment? And why would they be coming back to the different IP addresses?
I'm on Internode ADSL service. I use a NetgearDG834G modem/router.
Firewall rules on the router are set as:

Emacs!


Thanks for any advice as to what to do and if this is dangerous.
Jan


Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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