In message <Pine.GSO.4.40.0201310238250.16671-100000@clifden.donelan.com>, Sean Donelan writes:

We're entering protest season. The World Economic Forum opens today in New York City. Some protesters have launched what they call a cyber-protest using several different tools. So far it appears directed at a few selected, although well-known, corporations.

http://www.geocities.com/net_strike_net/english_active.html

Right -- but an attack that lasts exactly an hour is much more like a zombie-based DDoS tool. Of course, the two aren't mutually exclusive. --Steve Bellovin, http://www.research.att.com/~smb Full text of "Firewalls" book now at http://www.wilyhacker.com