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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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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://so...

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