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NZ Firm Shows Anti-DDoS Tool

Posted by timothy on from the it's-only-a-model dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes: "ComputerWorld NZ is covering a story about a New Zealand company, Esphion Ltd having coverage at the recent JWID (Joint Warrior Interoperability Demonstration), with their anti-DDoS tool. From the article (here), it looks like it seems to work pretty well."

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  1. Re:I wonder if any anti-DDoS tool would help... by ymgve · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I know you were joking, but the answer is no. The problem with a slashdotting is that it is completely legitimate traffic from tens of thousands of different sites. As far as I figured it out, these guys dynamically block IPs that are identified as DDOS participants (Since a DDOS has far lesser 'attackers' than a slashdotting) and can then make the network more resistant to all the traffic.

    (On the other hand, the slashdot effect often takes place because of the stress on the server, not the connection pipe itself, so a simple referrer denial would limit the effect rather much)