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New Low Bandwidth Denial of Service Attacks
An anonymous reader writes "A paper from Rice University
appearing at the
2003 ACM Sigcomm Conference presents a new denial of service
attack where the attacker only needs to send at a low rate
to shutdown TCP flows. The trick exploits the retransmission timeout
mechanism in TCP. By sending small bursts of packets at just the right
frequency, the attacker can cause all TCP flows sharing a bottleneck
link to simultaneously stop indefinitely. And because the attacker
only needs to burst periodically, the attacker will not be
distinguishable from normal hosts. The presentation, and other
presentations from the conference, are available online (live
streaming)."
Maybe we will see Microsoft do this, they like to sue the little guy.
No, no. Microsoft likes to *buy* the little guy. The RIAA likes to sue the little guy. And SCO likes to sue the big guys to get bought by them.
I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser gate.
Sideshow Bob steals the Wright Bro's first airplane in an attempt to flee, the government scrambles Harriers.
<snip> A pair of Harrier fly past them, and one pilot says, "Prepare to engage enemy." Unfortunately, they just speed right past Sideshow Bob. "Bogey's airspeed not sufficient for intercept. Suggest we get out and walk. We now see a very slow chase going on. The Wright Brothers' plane is being followed by two walking pilots, a squad car, an army jeep a tank, and the Simpsons </snip>
Holy crap I remember when I finally got a 2400 baud modem after suffering with a 300 baud "brick" modem for a couple of years. It was like the Renaissance. All of a sudden I could actually send and receive files faster than I could type them by hand!