[ale] [segfault] SCO DOS attack legit (fwd)

[Pete Hardie]

Chris Ricker wrote:
> looks like SCO really was DDoS'ed
> 
> later,
> chris
> 
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2003 20:49:49 -0800
> From: Brendan White <bmwt at lenin.net>
> To: segfault at lenin.net
> Subject: [segfault] SCO DOS attack legit
> 
> heh... just when i wanted to believe the conspiracy theory that SCO 
> faked the DOS attacks, my damn server has to provide the evidence to 
> the contrary :)
> 
> http://www.caida.org/analysis/security/sco-dos/

Groklaw's commentary mentioned that a SYN attack is old hat, and easily defended 
against - why was SCO caught by such a trick?  Perhaps they are leaving 
themselves open so they will be an easy target and can point their fingers at 
open source zealots?



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