Gambling Sites Battle DDoS Attacks

the-dark-kangaroo writes "Gambling sites are fighting back against extortion from hackers using Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks. According to the report released by the BBC many of these attacks are coming from infected home PCs which have succumbed to a worm or virus. The gambling sites are bringing in reinforcements: Pipex, Cisco and security firm Energis are creating 'intelligent' traffic monitoring systems to help stop these attacks."

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[ajs318]

Hear here!

It would be nice to see a law mandating that software vendors must either supply full annotated source code on request, or not be allowed to peddle their warez at all. In theory, under English Common Law you almost certainly have a right to the source code anyway {you are privy to any secret embodied in goods you rightfully own}. In practice, this might take some effort and you might have to settle for old-fashioned reverse engineering.

And I don't give a toss if it puts anyone out of business. If you have been benefitting from unfairness in any form, I have only this to say: TOUGH TITTY! Hole-in-the-wall machines put a lot of armed robbers out of business in the UK, since employers started paying straight into bank accounts and so there was no need to bring a vanload of cash into the factory every Pay Day.