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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical RE: DDOS attacks and Large ISPs doing NAT?
Yo Jon! On Thu, 2 May 2002, Mansey, Jon wrote: > That would come under the heading of a virus or trojan I believe. And sure > there is no reason a NAT'd cell phone couldnt participate in this type of > attack. It may be a virus or a trojan, but it is still acting as a zombie amd it can still use up all your bandwdith. That was your original contention. If you are arguing that NAT protects the phone itself from DDoS that is also not true. Just send it a bazillion pages, NAT does not help there. NAT is just security by obscurity. A speed dump in the road to a commited hacker. RGDS GARY --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gary E. Miller Rellim 20340 Empire Blvd, Suite E-3, Bend, OR 97701 [email protected] Tel:+1(541)382-8588 Fax: +1(541)382-8676
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