Verizon Extends DoS Mitigation to Europe
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| Many hosting companies offer DoS and DDos mitigation on site in their
| data centers, he said, "whereas we're doing it in the backbone, which
| means we're mitigating up to 2Gbps, while they're at tail circuit
| speed.
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http://www.computerbusinessreview.com/article_news.asp?guid=2E39D64E-0453-45EB-AC5D-F96B912AC824
http://tinyurl.com/2ke6vv
Guess who's paying for this? Or suffers downtimes...
Cisco warns of more router vulnerabilities
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| The intrusion prevention capabilities of Cisco Systems' routers
| could be prone to attack, after the networking giant revealed
| two vulnerabilities in its key operating system.
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http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6159336.html
Cisco only recently disclosed some affection for Linux. Maybe it should take
this further. Open Source companies are already gunning for Cisco with their
Linux-based routers.
Related:
Botnet 'pandemic' threatens to strangle the net
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| Cerf estimated that between 100 million and 150 million of the
| 600 million PCs on the internet are under the control of hackers,
| the BBC reports.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/01/26/botnet_threat/
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