Dreamer wrote:
Ok, I asked the sales guy just exactly that question.
He said to the best of his knowledge that DOS was not compatible with
the internet, and I would need to make sure all my computers were
running windows or better.
I'm running Linux, and that IS better than windows, so by the sales
departments logic, I should be safe from some DOS possibly all of
them;)
(note the above is satirical, and not meant to show my level knowledge
in anyway)
Sorry, I can't tell, are you joking? For the sake of clarity let me
elaborate why DoS and not DOS are a threat to you and others, and why it
is a significant issue knowing how your ISP plans to combat it.
DoS also known as DDoS are "Denial of Service" and "Distributed Denial
of Service". An example of a DoS is a single person causing a service
distruption by means of exploiting a known security issue or something
similar. A DDoS is perform like a brute force tatic using several
(usually hundreds to thousands) of computers all directed at a single
destination to saturate the bandwidth available to that destination.
Now, if you should become the target of a DDoS and you have to pay for
bandwidth usage, this can put you into a financial world of hurt, aside
from the effects of not having any internet access while the attack
continues.
ISPs usually have an ability to detect these before they become too much
of a financial threat, and direct the packets to a blackhole that
effects no one. However, this exactly the question that should be asked
to each individual ISP.
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