Re: WEF cyber-protest (was Re: distributed attack, high or not)

["Steven M. Bellovin" <smb () research att com>]

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