[133437] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Mastercard problems
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Michael Holstein)
Thu Dec 9 13:08:19 2010
Date: Thu, 09 Dec 2010 13:08:12 -0500
From: Michael Holstein <michael.holstein@csuohio.edu>
To: William Pitcock <nenolod@systeminplace.net>
In-Reply-To: <1291884582.9824.5.camel@petrie.dereferenced.org>
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
> The tool makes HTTP/1.0 requests, most browsers make HTTP/1.1 requests.
>
Realistically, if the folks from Anonymous wanted to really cause
trouble, they'd be doing (legitimate looking) SSL requests against the
actual payment gateways. The force-multiplier there is the computational
effort it takes to negotiate a DH key exchange.
For bonus points, call the voice auth service simultaneously and just
sit on hold.
Cheers,
Michael Holstein
Cleveland State University
