> There is a type of DOS (Denial of service) attack going on now which I read
> about yesterday which sounds just like what your article describes. Many
> machines are compromised and server as attackers. They all send ping (for
> example) to the host to be attacked at the same time. This attack floods
> the bandwidth available to the host (according to what I read, up to a
> T3!!!) and brings the host to its knees. The attack is difficult to trace
> since it is distributed and does not attack the host directly, only uses up
> the available bandwidth.
It sounds like a smurf attack ;-)
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