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Visual DDoS Representation and Its Ramifications

Posted by Zonk on from the seeing-things-helps-to-understand-them dept.

winterbc writes "Prolexic has a report on Zombie infections that bring a visual representation of a DDoS attack. Besides being a rather cool picture, it brings to mind a possible future of personal computing. I would love to see a real-time picture of my 'net connections as my desktop picture, allowing me to change my 'net habits based on what I see. For example, I can download new images from the OPTE Project and set my desktop that way, but a more individual pathway highlighted with my favorite color could happen someday. My point is that while DDoS are painfully ubiquitous today, tomorrow visual mapping in real-time could be a path to the source of the problem."

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  1. Visual DDoS? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Is the a new programming language from Microsoft?

  2. Re:Europe has most zombie infested networks.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Clearly, their PCs must be liberated.

  3. Relevant info missing by Stormwatch · · Score: 4, Funny

    They forgot to list zombies per operating system.

    Oh, wait...

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  4. the gibson by mnemonic_ · · Score: 4, Funny

    But have they hacked the Gibson yet?

  5. Amazing photos... by d474 · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...they almost look like a "web" of some sort...

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