On 01-Jun-01 Dieter Huerten wrote:
Hi folks!
maybe (at the moment) a little bit OT, but take time zo read: http://grc.com/dos/grcdos.htm
A well written doc of an DoS/DDoS-Attack by an 13yr. "script-kiddy", using many W&%-Boxes as 'agents'/'bots' against grc.com !
For me (not paranoid <g>!) it shows, that security (and all belonging subjects) is an permanent importance for *everyone*
Unlike a certain amount of postings covering pure Linux installation problems, your posting is not OT at all. I can only strongly recommend anyone in this list to read through the whole document to witness a clever admin fighting against a number of simple, but very effective distributed Denial-of-Service-Attacks. Another document covering the (d)DoS'sing of CERT�s website which took place on May 21st can be found on http://www.securityfocus.com/templates/article.html?id=210 ("Scared of 'Zombies'? You should be").
CU -- best greetings from Solingen /GERMANY
Dieter H�rten
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