Denial of Service attacks and countermeasures
Presentation notes and illustrations on denial of service attacks and countermeasures given at the University of Rome "La Sapienza"
DDoS Detection Research (IDS, SYN, DRDoS, TFN2K)
An academic research paper on DDoS detection including attack simulation based on TFN2K, detection platform and analysis. [Requires PowerPoint]
Denial-of-service attack
Description of DDoS and prevention resources from Wikipedia Encyclopedia.
GRC.com: Denial of Service Investigation and Exploration Pages
Analysis and investigation of the denial of service threat posed by Windows XP, and reports and logs from when GRC.com was the victim of a DDoS attack.
Magnification Attacks: smurf and fraggle
Security white paper describing some common magnification (smurf) attacks, what they are, and how to avoid them.
Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) Attacks/tools
Link resources for understanding, diagnosing and preventing DDoS attacks.
Stacheldraht Analysis
An analysis of "stacheldraht", a distributed denial of service attack tool, based on source code from the "Tribe Flood Network" distributed denial of service attack tool.
Trinoo Analysis
An analysis of the DoS Project's trin00 master/slave programs, which implement a distributed network denial of service tool.
Denial of Service (DoS) on the Internet
Academic paper and slides on Denial of Service attacks.
Whatis Definition of Denial of Service
Definition plus discussion of various types of DoS attacks and how they work, including Buffer Overflow, SYN, Teardrop and Smurf.
Microsoft Windows Update
Latest bug fixes for Microsoft Windows, including fixes for some possible DoS attacks.
ACM: Ubiquity - Distributed Denial-of-Service Attacks
Article by M. E. Kabay about the effect of DDoS attacks on major e-commerce sites, and the legal ramifications thereof.
Protecting Networks from DoS Attacks
Solution paper on the use of bandwidth management to protect networks from distributed denial of service attacks and malicious traffic.
Denial of Service Database
Details of many attacks: categorized by platform affected and using OSAT notation. No longer updated.
Zombie Zapper
Free, open source tool that can tell a zombie system to stop flooding. Zombie Zapper works against Trinoo, TFN, Stacheldraht, Troj_Trinoo (the trinoo daemon ported to Windows), and Shaft.
Denial of Service Attacks White Papers, Webcasts and Product Information from Top IT Vendors
Research the latest Denial of Service Attacks technologies, tools and techniques. Read white papers, case studies, webcasts and product information from multiple vendors.
CERT Advisory CA-2000-01 Denial-of-Service Developments
Denial of Service developments including description, impact, and solutions.
CERT Incident Note: DoS Attacks Using Nameservers
Description of how intruders use name servers to execute packet flooding denial of service attacks.
Cisco
Strategies to protect against distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks. This article applies primarily to sites using Cisco equipment.
DDoS World
Knowledge base: including news articles, white papers, and advisories.
Denial of Service (DoS) Resource Page
Collection of articles and links about Denial of Service attacks
DoShelp.com
Tools and patches to protect a person's computer from hackers, Denial of Service, and other intrusions.
Network Ingress Filtering
A simple, effective, and straightforward method for network administrators to prohibit DoS attacks which use forged IP addresses.
GCN.com: How to Stop a Service Denial Attack Before It Stops You
Shawn P. McCarthy provides a quick overview of various kinds of Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks. He also explains why defending against this type of attack requires upstream infrastructure providers to cooperate with the victim.
Distributed Denial of Service - Protecting Critical Systems
White paper describing and giving detailed information on distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks and prevention and intervention methods. Illustrated.
Tools Stunt DoS Attack
InternetWeek article written in the aftermath of the Denial of Service attack on Microsoft's domain name servers discusses various ways to combat these tactics.
Denial of Service Help Page
Advice for victims of Denial Of Service Attacks, geared towards users of IRC (Internet Relay Chat)
Netabusechat
Discussion about internet abuses and vulnerabilities, email spams, spyware and Trojan horses alert, and virus alert.
Distributed Denial of Service Attacks
A DDoS exploit multiplies the disruptive power of denial of service attacks. The article discusses methods used and how to detect them. [NetworkMagazine.com]
Defying Denial of Service Attacks
Discussion of the main DoS methods and how to protect your PCs and servers from them. [NetworkMagazine.com]
DDoS Is Neither Dead Nor Forgotten
February 1991 article on state of DDoS attacks, and what has been learned to that point.
Smurf Attack Information
White paper describing and providing practical information on how to minimize the effects of smurf attacks.
Smurf Amplifier Registry
The Smurf Amplifier Registry (SAR) lets you probe Internet connected IP networks to see whether or not they are configured in a way that will allow perpetrators to use them for smurf amplification.
Sans Institute Global Incident Analysis Center
Special notice and analysis of Rootkit/Smurf Payload Toolkit v 1.1.
SecurityFocus
Site maintains an extensive database of vulnerabilities and solutions including Denial Of Service attacks.
Understanding Denial-of-Service Attacks
A brief overview on identifying DoS attacks from the US-CERT (United States Computer Emergency Response Team).
Webscreen Technology
Offers filtering appliances with DDoS mitigation features.
Defeating DDoS
An illustrated white paper describing Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack methodology and prevention.
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