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Mauldor · 21-12-2004, 18:58

Can I add a couple points? I am right in thinking that a DDOS stands for :

Distrubited Denial of Service

How this works I thought (silly me) is that XXX number of Computers get taken over, by which i mean the master operator can use a whole bank of connected computers on anything from 56k to 100mbit etc to attack at once a certain target - like for example Microsoft, Apple or whatever web site you feel like today. The theory is that so many computers are asking for pings back that its both hard to stop ( as too many to add to reject list) and also the person who is attacking you does not even know that they are..

Now onto the attacking part ---you have to have something to attack, be it a web server, ftp server or whatever. Your router will drop packets for ports that are not forwarded through correct? Another question, why would these elite hackers be spending time attacking a Home computer with nothing worth having when there is much better and harder targets out there?

21-12-2004, 18:58	#44
Mauldor Inactive Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Scunthorpe Age: 59 Services: 50mbit, Base TV, Base Phone Posts: 437	Re: NTL Broadband ZERO CAP Theory! Can I add a couple points? I am right in thinking that a DDOS stands for : Distrubited Denial of Service How this works I thought (silly me) is that XXX number of Computers get taken over, by which i mean the master operator can use a whole bank of connected computers on anything from 56k to 100mbit etc to attack at once a certain target - like for example Microsoft, Apple or whatever web site you feel like today. The theory is that so many computers are asking for pings back that its both hard to stop ( as too many to add to reject list) and also the person who is attacking you does not even know that they are.. Now onto the attacking part ---you have to have something to attack, be it a web server, ftp server or whatever. Your router will drop packets for ports that are not forwarded through correct? Another question, why would these elite hackers be spending time attacking a Home computer with nothing worth having when there is much better and harder targets out there?