Distribute This Denial of Service Checklist

Distribute This Denial of Service Checklist:
"The important thing to realize about DDoS attacks is that they aren't going to go away, and there's no way of preventing them. They have been around for a very long time, and they are getting easier to carry out. That's because there are increasing numbers of poorly secured home PCs with always-on Internet connections just waiting to be discovered and taken over by hackers. These compromised PCs are incorporated into attack networks, where they remain dormant until a short burst of command and control traffic activates them and turns them into crazed attack zombies, firing off data at a target host until -- the hacker hopes -- it disappears under a deluge of unwanted packets.…"

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