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Prosecuting DDoS Attacks?
dptalia writes "We all have heard of major DDoS attacks taking down countries, companies, and organizations. But how many of them are ever prosecuted? And how many prosecutions are even successful? I've done some research and it appears the answer is very few (Well duh!). And those that are successfully prosecuted tend to have teenagers as the instigators. Does this mean DDoS is a fairly safe crime to conduct? Are the repercussions nonexistent? Does anyone have some knowledge an insight into this that I don't have? How would you go about prosecuting a DDoS attacker? What's your experience with getting the responsible parties to justice?"
is that they have to get the MIT administration to cooperate.
We get away with it daily here.
You will wire one million dollars into my Swiss bank account if you want to keep your precious site alive.
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...using William Gibson's "black ice" from Neuromancer.
It's a small world and it smells funny; I'd buy another if it wasn't for the money; Take back what I paid (SoM)
But the risk of being DDoS'ed due to what I might say is too great.
The 1st rule of defending yourself against DDoSers is not to talk about how to prosecute DDoSers, or DDoSers being brought to justice.
Does this mean DDoS is a fairly safe crime to conduct?
Oh I see "someone" is very interested in DDoS attacks for "research" right? Dude, listen, just give the link here and your problems will be solved.
It woulda been nice, but it was Midnight her time when she called.
That's ridiculous. First, every nerd knows they don't have a host named www here, it always redirects. Besides, this script is more effective:
#!/bin/bash
while true
do wget -m -p slashdot.org &
done
Second, the easier way is just to submit a popular story that has a link back to slashdot, thus everyone reading will click on the link, and wallah! They /. themselves and self destruct.
Tequila: It's not just for breakfast anymore!
No link tn the article. Smart move.
Here's a link to the article: http://ask.slashdot.org/story/10/06/06/2051226/Prosecuting-DDoS-Attacks
(In a french accent) I fart in your general direction, now go away or I will ping you a second time!
thus everyone reading will click on the link
HAH! A common error!
It wouldn't be a matter of if this blew up in our faces, but when. It's still the only workable method.
Fortunately, since this would be run by the US, oversight would be provided by diligent public servants backed by an informed electorate.
Literalism isn't a form of humor, it's you being irritating.
Not if you labeled it "Natalie Portman and Olivia Munn rubbing suntan lotion on each other at the beach" or something similar.
i have a button to push on facebook then a 1030 DDoS attack via proxies to launch
Wouldn't want to trigger a DDoS attack on some innocent web server.
I clicked on it just in case.
That was hot!
Natalie Portman /. Olivia Munn slash fiction!
She was like chocolate when she drank... semi-sweet at first and then increasingly bitter.