Peer-to-peer networks co-opted for DOS attacks

Peer-to-peer networks co-opted for DOS attacks
Robert Lemos, SecurityFocus 2007-05-28

A flaw in the design of a popular peer-to-peer network software has given attackers the ability to create massive denial-of-service attacks that can easily overwhelm corporate Web sites, a security firm warned last week.

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Peer-to-peer networks co-opted for DOS attacks 2007-05-29
Fulgan (1 replies)

Re: Peer-to-peer networks co-opted for DOS attacks 2007-05-30
Brotherred (1 replies)

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Ken (1 replies)

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chaosuk

Peer-to-peer networks co-opted for DOS attacks 2007-05-29
lsi

DC++ hub software 2007-05-30
PPK

"It's difficult to impossible to restrict this"? 2007-05-30
Anonymous (1 replies)

Re: "It's difficult to impossible to restrict this"? 2007-05-31
Vektor

Peer-to-peer networks co-opted for DOS attacks 2007-05-30
Chris G.

Firewall that filters garbage traffic 2007-05-31
Vektor

There is already a firewall solution that detects and filters all IPs involved in a DDoS attack caused by using the Direct Connect exploit and an implementation of a server that uses it. The firewall can also be used by other servers.

Documentation and sourcecode for it can be found here: http://sourceforge.net/projects/hexhub .

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Peer-to-peer networks co-opted for DOS attacks 2007-05-31
Anonymous (1 replies)

Re: Peer-to-peer networks co-opted for DOS attacks 2007-07-09
Anonymous

Peer-to-peer networks co-opted for DOS attacks 2009-05-07
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