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DoS: The story behind the story
News Few people may understand the precise mechanics of a DoS attack, save that it enlists a number of systems to converge on a single Internet server or site at a command from a remote terminal. Nonetheless, a great deal of worry was generated by the...
[April 6, 2000, 13:54]
VeriSign: DoS attack could shut down internet
News The company claimed that a successful denial-of-service (DoS) attack against VeriSign could bring down the internet. Silva said that although DoS attacks are difficult to trace, there are "a couple of well-known groups in Russia, China and Romania...
[September 25, 2007, 17:20]
3Com Impact IQ ISDN Modem Firware Update (DOS)
Downloads This self-extracting file contains the firmware update for the 3Com Impact IQ ISDN modem for DOS.
[November 4, 1997, 4:47]
DoS worm invades Microsoft servers
News Discovered this week, the worm -- dubbed DoS.Storm -- infects Microsoft Web servers and then scans for new machines to infect, floods Microsoft's main Web site with data, and sends a deluge of obscene email to an apparently invalid address for...
[June 11, 2001, 8:47]
DoS attacks: The plague for our times?
News Several years ago, I worked at a small Web site hosting company, where I first encountered the confusion and havoc caused by a denial-of-service (DoS) attack. Unfortunately, DoS attacks have evolved into much more than one company trying to cause...
[November 7, 2005, 10:35]
A Silent SMS Denial of Service (DoS) Attack
White Papers In contrast, a mass continuous send of "Silent" SMS messages constitutes an invisible Denial of Service (DoS) attack on a mobile handset. Such a mobile handset DoS attack may be conducted for economic advantage to elude another party from...
[October 14, 2008, 1:01]
A Queueing Analysis for the Denial of Service (DoS) Attacks in Computer Networks
White Papers This paper proposes one queueing model for the evaluation of the Denial of Service (DoS) attacks in computer networks. The network under DoS attacks is characterized by a two-dimensional embedded Markov chain model.
[October 14, 2008, 1:01]
Detection and Prevention of Denial of Service (DoS) Attacks in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks Using Reputation-Based Incentive Scheme
White Papers MANETs are vulnerable to Denial of Service (DoS) due to their salient characteristics. There is a need to provide an incentive mechanism that can provide cooperation among nodes in the network and improve overall network performance by reducing DoS...
[June 24, 2009, 16:02]
DOS to Windows CE Migration: How - and Why - to Develop Enterprise Mobility Applications for the Windows CE Environment
White Papers It also describes how Symbol can help you migrate your existing DOS applications with the Symbol Mobile Developer Kits (SMDKs). This white paper provides a general overview of developing enterprise mobility applications for your Symbol devices...
[August 2, 2005, 6:00]
DoS attacks: The plague for our times?
Talkback The concluding sentiments that we know little more about Dos after all these years, and that few vendors have a solution, especially against sustained DDoS attacks, is simply untrue. Jonathan's article is interesting, but based on personal opinion...
[November 8, 2005, 10:22]
DoS attacks: The plague for our times?
Talkback The concluding sentiments that we know little more about Dos after all these years, and that few vendors have a solution, especially against sustained DDoS attacks, is simply untrue. Jonathan's article is interesting, but based on personal opinion...
[November 8, 2005, 10:09]
IP Traceback of Denial of Service (DoS) Attacks Using Mobile Agents
White Papers A current important network threat is the launch of Denial of Service (DoS) attacks. Accordingly, tracing back an attacker to actual source became a very important step to respond to DoS attacks. The main problem behind such attacks is the ability...
[June 24, 2009, 16:02]
Researchers' protocol denies DoS attacks
News Methods exist for configuring a network to filter out known denial-of-service (DoS) and distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack software, and for recognising some of the traffic patterns associated with a mounting DoS attack.
[October 1, 2009, 9:48]
The Mobile Industry’s Growing DoS Risk
Blog The Mobile Industry’s Growing DoS Risk In the not so distant past, major labels such as Yahoo and Amazon have become targets of malicious Denial of Service (DoS) campaigns. DoS campaigns are designed to hit servers so hard with false traffic that...
[April 10, 2008, 1:16]
HP Color LaserJet 5/5M Driver for DOS Applications
Downloads Download and install the Color LaserJet 5/5M driver for DOS applications. This disk also contains the DOS utilities Swatch.exe and Symsets.exe. Drivers include Harvard Graphics version 3.0; Lotus 1-2-3 versions 2.3, 2.4, 3.1 and 3.4; and...
[February 25, 1997, 0:38]
TCP flaws may lead to DoS attacks, say researchers
News One of the behaviours experienced was packet loss, where the packets repeatedly kept trying, creating, more or less, a denial of service (DoS) on that machine. The Sockstress program was very effective in producing DoS attacks.
[October 3, 2008, 8:55]
Analyzing Interaction Between Denial of Service (DoS) Attacks and Threats
White Papers Denial of Service (DoS) attacks constitutes one of the major threats and among the hardest security problems in today's internet. Of particular concern are Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks, whose impact can be proportionally severe.
[June 20, 2009, 1:21]
Fur trade activists planning DoS attack
News Fur trade protestors are planning to launch a denial-of-service (DoS) attack against the fur industry on Valentine's Day. The plan exploits the ambiguity surrounding DoS attacks. ECD claims that people who take part in this DoS attack will not be...
[January 25, 2005, 15:30]
Intelligent Layer 7 DoS and Brute Force Protection for Web Applications
White Papers Both Denial of Service (DoS) and Brute Force Attacks have existed for many years, and many network devices tout the ability to withstand them. However, most of today's DoS attacks target layer 7 (L7) by overwhelming applications with seemingly...
[July 13, 2009, 0:00]
Exclusive: Big Brother was hit by DoS attack
News Hackers hit Channel 4's Big Brother Web site last Tuesday with what has been described as a "massive denial of access (DoS) attack". Short now admits the DoS attack happened "when the first show went live", but is satisfied there have been no...
[July 25, 2000, 16:43]
