> What can a web provider do with Denial of Service attacks? If a hacker > aims all their resources at one web site trying to take it down with > 600/sec Well formed HTTP packets... What can you do? > > Move the IP only lasts until the hacker figures out the new IP. The gateway can be reconfigured to reject connections from the attacking IP addresses. There's an interesting writeup with an example of responding to a DOS attack on the grc.com site, although you have to take some of it (especially the conclusions) with a grain of salt. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ phone: (202) 797-5496 fax: (202) 797-5444 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
