On Mon, Jan 22, 2001 at 08:32:58PM +0000, Jose AP Celestino wrote:
> You should take a look at the following thread:
>
> http://www.ornl.gov/its/archives/mailing-lists/qmail/2001/01/msg00832.html
>
> Regards.
>
> On Mon, Jan 22, 2001 at 09:40:13AM -0500, Andy Abshagen wrote:
> > We are in the midst of a security audit performed by Ernst & Young. They are
>claiming something about a DOS situation. What I need to find out is whether there
>are any known DOS situations out there. If so what needs to be done to take care of
>the problem.
Of course let us not forget that it is impossible to stop DOS attacks
on publicly connected servers. I hope your consultant are telling you
that all systems connected to the Internet are vulnerable to some form
of DOS?
You can mitigate against the obvious attacks, but that's about
it. Even big players with lots of resources, such as Yahoo and Ebay
cannot stop a determined DDOS.
Regards.
