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DoS Attacks Persisting, On The Rise

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the aint-it-the-truth dept.

thelizman writes "One of the most basic "hacks" (to use the media's bastardization of the term) is a Denial of Service attack. While not getting you any access to data on a machine, DoS attacks effectively shut down machines by making them inaccessable to others. CNN is carrying and IDG.net story about how DoS attacks are still one of the leading threats on the Internet, and are actually on the rise as the sophistication of the attacks increases." We get them constantly- some intentional, some not. It's really a pain.

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  1. DOS is dead by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Everyone at my company has upgraded to Windows 3.1. I don't know why Slashdot is still talking about DOS

    1. Re:DOS is dead by epsalon · · Score: 3, Funny

      Ofcourse it's dead. Microsoft has released DDoS (aka WinXP).

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    2. Re:DOS is dead by hoggoth · · Score: 3, Funny

      > > "Everyone at my company has upgraded to Windows 3.1. I don't know why Slashdot is still talking about DOS"

      > Though I would agree that DOS is probably inhibiting people from getting data off certain sites off the net, they're talking about DoS.

      I read in Discover about someone with damage his right frontal lobe that couldn't understand humor. I guess you've taken one too many shots to the forehead, huh?

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  2. What about Slashdot? by svferris · · Score: 2, Funny

    What, no mention of Slashdot DOS attacks?

    We even have our own word for it: "Slashdotted".

  3. Slashdot is one BIG DOS attack by NickV · · Score: 3, Funny

    /. has gotten more popular! That's probably why we're seeing more DOS attacks! I mean, there's been one (Linux PVRs) today already.

    Or, maybe not...

  4. aka the Slashdot Effect by CaseStudy · · Score: 4, Funny

    Get them? You produce them constantly.

  5. Attention Slashdot by crystalplague · · Score: 3, Funny

    In exchange for the halting of DoS attacks on Slashdot...I demand 1 free subscription to yours truly. If you do not submit to my demand, you will feel the full wrath that is my 31337 |-|@X0r SkI11z.

    Muwahahahaha!

  6. HOW CAN YOU BE LEET WITH DOS by Burritos · · Score: 3, Funny

    How can one hack with DOS? You need Linux to be a hax0r

  7. Re:Wait until.. by dankow · · Score: 3, Funny

    someone writes a virus that spreads through the Kazaa or gnutella network. I thought Kazaa was a virus.

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  8. Intentional? by IronClad · · Score: 2, Funny
    We get them constantly- some intentional, some not. It's really a pain.

    Isn't an unintentional attack an oxymoron? Like an intentional accident?

    1. Re:Intentional? by NanoGator · · Score: 3, Funny

      "Isn't an unintentional attack an oxymoron? Like an intentional accident"

      If I was doing a ballet move and slapped you in the face, would you rather label that as an accident or tell people that I used my powerful ballet technique to bitch slap you?

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  9. In related news... by dR.fuZZo · · Score: 3, Funny

    A recent study has shown that there's a direct correlation between the number of denial of service attacks reported and the number of stories Slashdot posts in a day.

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  10. MS-DOS by knuu · · Score: 3, Funny


    WRT this: If someone 0wned the Windows Update server and used it for a DoS attack on other servers, would that be called an MS-DoS attack?

    1. Re:MS-DOS by NanoGator · · Score: 5, Funny

      "If someone 0wned the Windows Update server and used it for a DoS attack..."

      I th1nk the reas0n tha+ hackerZ d0n't use M$ s0ftware iZ +hat m0st 0f everyth1ng they wr1te w0uld have squ1ggly lineZ under it.

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  11. Re:Okay, we've made the jokes. (Offtopic) by _DMan_ · · Score: 1, Funny

    Note to the editors: when you write up an article in such a way as to invite an easy joke response, serious discussion gets crowded out

    So you're saying the lame Slashdotting = DoS jokes have themselves DoS'd Slashdot?

  12. Re:Wait until.. by JanusFury · · Score: 1, Funny

    You're just mad because you downloaded my file "Britney Spears giving blowjob.mpeg" which was actually a renamed copy of the entire Windows XP Professional ISO.

    ph34r, pr0n fiend. 8-)

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  13. Hmm.. by Peridriga · · Score: 3, Funny

    CNN is now wondering why...
    After publishing a story on DOS attacks it is receiving a DOS attack on the story about DOS attacks...

  14. Re:DrDoS by CaptainStormfield · · Score: 3, Funny

    When he starts promoting cold fusion, then you can back away slowly.

    Unless he really is performing cold fusion, in case you should run away quickly or put on some lead pants.

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  15. ./configure make ping MS by simetra · · Score: 3, Funny

    I was thinking.... if the make scripts for various stuffs included a ping... Say for example ping that Linux counter project at the end of each Linux install... perhaps they would have a more accurate representation of the number of installs, IPs, etc. You could also through in a ping or sendmail to Microsoft telling them you've found the way out!
    Just a thought....

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