New DoS Attack Is a Killer
Oct 01, 2008, 18:05 (5 Talkback[s])
"Robert and I talk a lot, and I asked him if he'd be willing to
DoS us, and he flatly said, "Unfortunately, it may affect other
devices between here and there so it's not really a good idea." Got
an idea of what we're talking about now? This appears not to be a
single bug, but in fact at least five, and maybe as many as 30
different potential problems. They just haven't dug far enough into
it to really know how bad it can get. The results range from
complete shutdown of the vulnerable machine, to dropping legitimate
traffic."
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