At 5:32 AM -0500 11/25/03, Jon Jensen wrote: ...If someone has these details maybe they can make a new posting to let others know the basics.
(Google's your friend for details, but...)
A DDOS is a Distributed Denial of Service attack. It's accomplished when a script-kiddy (they're almost-never actually programmers, but some of them CALL themselves hackers, mistakenly IMO!)
I'm all for slagging on hackers (bastards!), however man, it is dangerous to assume the wrong things...
A "dos" attack (one person keeps pinging you) is no big deal and could be a "script kiddie"
However a distributed DOS attack can be very sophisticated indeed.
A ddos attack might very much NOT be a "script kiddie," but could be a "real" hacker - definitely. A ddos attack could be mossad, or maybe just script kiddies.
D-dos attacks are generally seen, I think, as scary and sophisticated.
uses a stable of compromised Windows-machines which are usually on fast connections to send hundreds of bogus requests to a site the script- kiddy has decided he dislikes. More info is at http://www.2600.com and in 2600 magazine. JMR
Certainly not necessarily windows machines - could be normal unix servers all over the place.
Gaining access to the suite of machines used may have been an extemely sophsisticated operation, over a long period of time.
Dealing with hackers mentally is totally infuriating. (Whether they are script kiddies or "real" hackers.") You simply have no power (ie, the hacker has all the power). Your fantasy is finding them and smacking them upside the head, but that's not going to happen.
One rule of dealing with hackers is never, ever, underestimate them -- it's tough.
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