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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]
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]
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]
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]
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 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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
Spammers 'hit schools with DoS attacks'
News According to Email Systems, some spammers are launching DoS attacks on schools by singling out individual domain addresses and bombarding them with spam and virus-ridden email at up to 100 times the usual rate.
[January 10, 2005, 14:15]
CA flaws opens users up to DoS attacks
News The flaw enables a writer of malicious code to disable CA's eTrust Intrusion Detection System 3.0, which in turn weakens a company's defence against a DoS attack, said Michael Sutton, director of iDefense Labs.
[April 7, 2005, 9:40]
HP DeskJet 1200C DOS Applications Printer Driver
Downloads Download and install HP's DOS applications driver for the DeskJet 1200C printer. This driver is for use with Lotus 1-2-3 r 2.3/2.4 standalone and network edition and freelance 4.0 PCL and PS. Version 3.x 5/1/94 may include unspecified updates...
[July 26, 2006, 14:37]
Su-27 Flanker DOS demo
Downloads SU-27 Flanker for DOS, a realistic flight simulation, is modeled after the SU-27 fighter. This simulation features a powerful, multitiered mission editor that involves you in everything from single training missions to theater-level missions with...
[October 19, 1996, 0:47]
RFID DoS attacks 'proven'
News The Australian researchers said in their report that the use of frequency hopping would not stop DoS attacks, as the tags themselves could not hop frequencies. Researchers say they have proven that effective attacks can be launched against RFID tags.
[April 13, 2006, 15:05]
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]
