>From: Haxe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: gtk-gnutella-devel@lists.sourceforge.net
>Subject: Re: [Gtk-gnutella-devel] Gnutella Query
>Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2007 04:54:17 +0200
>
>On Thursday 14 June 2007 04:47, Farooq Butt wrote:
> > please guide me regarding the modification of source of gnutella ..
> > as i want to implement a query hit scenario where gnutella shows a
> > strange behaviour ... it shows hits for every query giving IP address
> > of a single webserver ... resulting a flooding traffic for webserver
>
>How in hell would that be helpful for gnutella?
>h
>
It wouldn't. What this person is attempting to do is create a DDoS
(Distributed Denial of Service) tool. Basically, take every query that is
received by a given node, and reply to it showing a matching file on the
machine that attacker wishes to DoS. The idea is that some of the querying
nodes will attempt to retrieve the file, just generating tons of network
traffic for the attacked machine.
There was a recent Slashdot article linking to an article that discussed
using P2P networks such as Gnutella to accomplish this type of attack.
Needless to say, I would recommend against giving this individual any
assistance.
Lloyd B.
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