Well, there is not much you can do to prevent most DOS attacks. However, you should have detailed procedures on how you should recover from them. All necessary departments should be in communication once the attack is discovered so that each "leg" of your IT department will be able to check their portion to determine wherein lies the problem. These attacks don't just annoy people; they cause loss of revenue and an increased downtime depending on how long it takes you to recover. For example, if you are running some sort of customer support site, but it falls subject to a DOS attack, it could be unavailable for some time. Your customers may look at this as a lack of reliability. Some DOS attacks can be prevented just by keeping your machines up-to-date on patches. If you scan your machines on a regular basis, you will be able to test some of these vulnerabilities to see if it applies in your case. Of course, you need to keep your vulnerability scanner (Nessus) up with the most current plugins.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:seberino@;spawar.navy.mil] Sent: Sunday, November 03, 2002 3:36 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: DoS vulnerability not really a security breach right? Should I be less worried about denial of service attacks if I don't run big time servers?? I'm concerned with losing my data... DoS attacks just annoy people but don't destroy property or data right? So it is OK to be less concerned about them right? Chris -- _______________________________________ Dr. Christian Seberino SPAWAR Systems Center San Diego Code 2363 49590 Lassing Road, Room A339 San Diego, CA 92152-6147 U.S.A. Phone: (619) 553-7940 Fax: (619) 553-1269 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________ - [EMAIL PROTECTED]: general discussions about Nessus. * To unsubscribe, send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe nessus" in the body. - [EMAIL PROTECTED]: general discussions about Nessus. * To unsubscribe, send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe nessus" in the body.
