[45318] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: WEF cyber-protest (was Re: distributed attack, high or not)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven M. Bellovin)
Thu Jan 31 08:40:05 2002
From: "Steven M. Bellovin" <smb@research.att.com>
To: Sean Donelan <sean@donelan.com>
Cc: "Joseph T. Klein" <jtk@titania.net>, nanog@merit.edu
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Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2002 08:39:30 -0500
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In message <Pine.GSO.4.40.0201310238250.16671-100000@clifden.donelan.com>, Sean
Donelan writes:
>
>We're entering protest season. The World Economic Forum opens
>today in New York City. Some protesters have launched what they
>call a cyber-protest using several different tools. So far it
>appears directed at a few selected, although well-known, corporations.
>
>http://www.geocities.com/net_strike_net/english_active.html
>
Right -- but an attack that lasts exactly an hour is much more like a
zombie-based DDoS tool. Of course, the two aren't mutually exclusive.
--Steve Bellovin, http://www.research.att.com/~smb
Full text of "Firewalls" book now at http://www.wilyhacker.com
