SaintHax
01-25-2003, 01:08 PM
The whole internet is getting hit with a DoS attack, so this site may be slow or not even load for some of you at differant times of the day.
Short for denial-of-service attack, a type of attack on a network that is designed to bring the network to its knees by flooding it with useless traffic. Many DoS attacks, such as the Ping of Death and Teardrop attacks, exploit limitations in the TCP/IP protocols. For all known DoS attacks, there are software fixes that system administrators can install to limit the damage caused by the attacks. But, like viruses, new DoS attacks are constantly being dreamed up by hackers.
I'm not going to try and explain it past that, I have to go re-route traffic on some customer servers (if I can even connect to them) so I don't need IM windows poping up asking me whats going on.
read and leave hax alone for a few hours this is bad :rock:
ABC - Virus overwhelms global internet systems (http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Politics/ap20030125_423.html)
BBC - Virus-like attack hits web traffic (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/2693925.stm)
CBS - Internet woes spread; may be Receeding (http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/01/25/tech/main537959.shtml)
CNN - Electronic attack slows internet (http://europe.cnn.com/2003/TECH/internet/01/25/internet.attack/index.html)
Fox - Virus-like infection staggers internet traffic (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,76566,00.html)
MSNBC - Virus-like attack slows web traffic (http://www.msnbc.com/news/864184.asp?0cm=c10)
Reuters - Hackers crash internet services in S Korea (http://reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=V0S3NJTDUAWQMCRBAEZSF EY?type=internetNews&storyID=2108788)
Short for denial-of-service attack, a type of attack on a network that is designed to bring the network to its knees by flooding it with useless traffic. Many DoS attacks, such as the Ping of Death and Teardrop attacks, exploit limitations in the TCP/IP protocols. For all known DoS attacks, there are software fixes that system administrators can install to limit the damage caused by the attacks. But, like viruses, new DoS attacks are constantly being dreamed up by hackers.
I'm not going to try and explain it past that, I have to go re-route traffic on some customer servers (if I can even connect to them) so I don't need IM windows poping up asking me whats going on.
read and leave hax alone for a few hours this is bad :rock:
ABC - Virus overwhelms global internet systems (http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Politics/ap20030125_423.html)
BBC - Virus-like attack hits web traffic (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/2693925.stm)
CBS - Internet woes spread; may be Receeding (http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/01/25/tech/main537959.shtml)
CNN - Electronic attack slows internet (http://europe.cnn.com/2003/TECH/internet/01/25/internet.attack/index.html)
Fox - Virus-like infection staggers internet traffic (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,76566,00.html)
MSNBC - Virus-like attack slows web traffic (http://www.msnbc.com/news/864184.asp?0cm=c10)
Reuters - Hackers crash internet services in S Korea (http://reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=V0S3NJTDUAWQMCRBAEZSF EY?type=internetNews&storyID=2108788)