Reichfuher said:
Razor, its only 4-5 megs per 24hrs so its not much at all.
Techincally wouldnt a DOS attack be defined as computers sending out packets large enough to bombard the server, and overloading it, thus taking it down?
This is just sending a legitimate request for data, and the webserver is sending it back. Except this is doing it over and over. IMO I dont see a dos attack here.
Of course it constitutes a Distributed Denial of Service attack and by taking part in it you are commiting a criminal offence. And legitimate requests? In what way are the requests even remotely legitimate? Distributed attacks require modest amounts of bandwidth from individual zombies, the cumulative bandwidth however is much more powerfull.
Viper_Viper said:
I cant get to it eather. and isent most DOSing done by a computer usualy without the users concent? as in a trogin or worm?
Actually, most DDoS'ing that is done without consent. Even still, does that really mean that just because they have consent it is not a Distributed Denial of Service attack. I most certainly think not.
While I certainly do not agree with spammers, I cannot simply justify taking the law into my own hands and illegally bombarding their servers with useless traffic. Lycos will get what's coming to them soon enough, don't you worry.
Also, in taking part in this programme, Lycos can and will recieve DDoS attacks on their servers. These spam gangs are ruthless and several anti-spam sites have been closed as a result of such attacks.
