Thursday, May 31, 2001
Gibson on DDOS Attacks -- 9:49 am CST, Update by A.T. Hun
Steve Gibson (of GRC and "Shields Up!" fame, not the Shacknews webmaster) details his attempts to deal with repeated DDOS attacks against his system. This long but terribly interesting article shows how script kiddies work and how we can defend ourselves from becoming victims. Thanks Slashdot.A.T. clears his throat. LISTEN UP, all RoadRunner and @Home subscribers! Download and install Zone Alarm NOW! It is free and will save you and the Internet community at large a lot of headaches.
The Master comments: This is an excellent article. This also indicates that Steve Gibson is (a) a hell of a programmer and (b) stubborn as a donkey. Heh :-)
J.t.Qbe comments: Wow! This is really an impressive article. Gibson is amazing--he's a real hacker (in the best sense of the word), not a lame cracker. We bow in awe. . . Ok, now each one of you, go to his site at grc.com and run his "Shields Up!" on your own system and see where YOU are vulnerable. . .
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