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Story: Symbiot launches DDoS counter-strike tool

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Posted by: Jim Liedeka (Wednesday 10 March 2004, 11:58 PM)

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Blindly counter attacking seems like a bad idea. Target identification is non-trivial since the actual packets are coming from machines infected with Windows. A counterstike will only result in more nasty packets clogging the net. We already have spammers to fill that ecological niche.

I suggest hiring a professional investigator to track down the attacker. Then go to his house and beat the stuffing out of him. Keep it off the net.

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