* Ansgar Wiechers <li...@planetcobalt.net>:

> The issue with this attack is that it might exhaust CPU resources on the
> server without having to saturate the bandwidth, due to cryptographic
> operations required by SSL.

Correct.

> And that it seems to use BitTorrent as a multiplicator, so it doesn't
> require a botnet.

It brings it's own botnet :)

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