IPv6 Flaw Could Greatly Amplify DDoS Attacks

tygerstripes writes "The Register has a story about the discovery of a flaw in part of the IPv6 specification which has experts scrambling to have the feature removed, or at least disabled by default. From the article: 'The specification, known as the Type 0 Routing Header (RH0), allows computers to tell IPv6 routers to send data by a specific route. Originally envisioned as a way to let mobile users to retain a single IP for their devices... RH0 support allows attackers to amplify denial-of-service attacks on IPv6 infrastructure by a factor of at least 80.' Paul Vixie, president of the Internet Systems Consortium, described the fault bluntly. 'It can be exploited by any greedy Estonian teenager with a $300 Linux machine.'"

Comments

Just what we need!

[Threni]

Another fat racist computer nerd!

Re:NOT COOL.

[wronskyMan]

I'm an American.

I know where Estonia is.

I, like a significant percentage of my fellow citizens, do not support Bush, his administration, nor the neo-con obsession with war-as-a-solution-to-everything.

You sound like a bigot and I resent your smug stereotyping of Americans.

I'm an American.

I know where Estonia is.

I do support Bush, his administration, and the war effort.

You sound like a bigot and I resent your smug stereotyping of conservatives.