Packet Storm - Information Security News, Files, Tools, Exploits, Advisories and Whitepapers http://packetstormsecurity.org/ en-us Mon, 28 May 2012 04:19:42 GMT 144400 http://packetstormsecurity.org/ http://www.google-analytics.com/__utm.gif?utmwv=1.3&utmn=1160550372&utmcs=ISO-8859-1&utmsr=31337x31337&utmsc=32-bit&utmul=en-us&utmje=0&utmfl=-&utmcn=1&utmdt=Files%u2248%20Packet%20Storm&utmhn=packetstormsecurity.org&utmr=-&utmp=%2Fdistributed%2Fbtodd-whitepaper.txt%2F&utmac=UA-18885198-1&utmcc=__utma%3D32867617.1160550372.1338178782.1338178782.1338178782.1%3B%2B__utmz%3D32867617.1338178782.1.1.utmccn%3D(direct)%7Cutmcsr%3D(direct)%7Cutmcmd%3D(none) http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/10425/btodd-whitepaper.txt http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/10425/btodd-whitepaper.txt http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/10425/btodd-whitepaper.txt.html Tue, 22 Feb 2000 19:57:16 GMT Distributed Denial of Service Attacks have recently emerged as one of the most newsworthy, if not the greatest, weaknesses of the Internet. This paper attempts to explain how they work, why they are hard to combat today, and what will need to happen if they are to be brought under control. Plain text format, PS and HTML available at the homepage, here.