[wplug] Internet Security and DOS(denial of service) attacks

[Rob Nelson]

>At the very least this is a good read about windoze security holes.

I have to disagree. It's a good read about the use of seemingly innocent 
trojans downloaded to your computer. The hosts of the zombie machines 
really doesn't matter, it's just a matter of compiling for a different 
platform. Linux DDoS attacks *have* had significant effects on the people 
they've been used against, just like Windows-based DDoS attacks.

It's also a good read about how not to build firewall rules - you don't 
build 479 rules that exclude specific IP's, you build one rule that 
excludes UDP packets over a certain size.

Rob Nelson
ronelson at vt.edu