6 Jan
2010
6 Jan
'10
8:42 a.m.
On Jan 6, 2010, at 3:12 AM, Dobbins, Roland wrote:
Wrong. The attacker just programmatically generates semantically-valid traffic which is indistinguishablle from real traffic, and crowds out the real traffic.
All those fancy timers and counters and what-not don't matter.
I've seen it done over and over again. Why some folks seem to think this is theoretical or that I somehow haven't thought of something they think will prove to be a magic solution is really beyond me, heh.
The reality is they just have not been attacked yet, and hence have no experience in what to do about the problem... - Jared