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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: Counter DoS
On Wed, 10 Mar 2004, Gregory Taylor wrote: > After reading that article, if this product really is capable of > 'counter striking DDoS attacks', my assumption is that it will fire > packets back at the nodes attacking it. Doing such an attack would not > be neither feasible or legal. You would only double the affect that the > initial attack caused to begin with, plus you would be attacking hacked > machines and not the culprit themselves, thus pouring gasoline all over > an already blazing inferno. On the other hand, they could become immensely popular, reaching the critical mass when one of them detects what is interpreted as an attack from a network protected by another. Grab the popcorn and watch as they all bludgeon each other to death. :-) -- Jay Hennigan - CCIE #7880 - Network Administration - [email protected] WestNet: Connecting you to the planet. 805 884-6323 WB6RDV NetLojix Communications, Inc. - http://www.netlojix.com/
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