>From what I understand about most DDOS's is that hackers will use a large network of compromised machines running a Trojan virus. That means, if your anti-virus isn't up-to-date, your computer could be helping out with the attack. :)
That's what scares me about the general uneducated public with crummy Trojan infested machines who unknowingly help hackers out with this stuff. *shudder* ~Brad -----Original Message----- From: Jeff Langevin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 1:32 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: CrystalTech outage? This from the crystaltech forums: ------------------------------------- We have experienced a very large distributed denial of service attack DDOS on our main network. The attack is against our shared segment and DNS specifically. We have currently blocked over 2200 DDOS IPs and are continuing to containe the issue. I will keep everyone posted as we learn more. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:261772 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
