"not usually capable of such precision" ? in http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r10534348 en Sat, 05 Dec 2009 20:46:22 EDT Sat, 05 Dec 2009 20:46:22 EDT Re: "not usually capable of such precision" ? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,10548422 devrandom : They probably mean the preciseness of the actual strike. I hear Akamai's network is pretty hard to take down. Must have been some attack..]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,10548422 Fri, 18 Jun 2004 19:40:14 EDT Re: "not usually capable of such precision" ? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,10535281 ced06 : I've seen people DDoS websites before...usually they just do !ddos riaa.org (the guy ddosed the riaa website), not bothering to mess with an IP range. :|]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,10535281 Thu, 17 Jun 2004 12:41:08 EDT Re: "not usually capable of such precision" ? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,10534446 pnosker : Not necessarily. I have friends (ones who claim to have done this, which I doubt) who tell me that they target a set of ips, given to the bots with something like !ddos IPRANGE (ie. 111.111.111.***). They don't target one site, but I guess you could do a dnslookup on each site and get their exact ips. I'm sure 20,000 bots or so could do this much damage, and I know people with more than that.

Most people with botnets don't waste their time with corporate websites though, they target others who piss them off, like for instance if an IRC network splits, they attack the other network's shells.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,10534446 Thu, 17 Jun 2004 10:48:30 EDT Re: "not usually capable of such precision" ? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,10534409 Flizesh : CNET knows jack ;)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,10534409 Thu, 17 Jun 2004 10:43:00 EDT Re: "not usually capable of such precision" ? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,10534358 onin : yes it is. :)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,10534358 Thu, 17 Jun 2004 10:35:11 EDT "not usually capable of such precision" ? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,10534348 Steve : My understanding is that these bot networks are highly precise: they're controlled by IRC, and they can be remotely controlled to attack anything on cue.

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Stephen J. Friedl * Security Consultant * Tustin, California USA * my web site]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,10534348 Thu, 17 Jun 2004 10:32:43 EDT