DDoS Attacks: Essential Tactics for Strengthening Internet Security

A coalition of Internet companies formed in the wake of February's devastating denial-of-service attacks will offer a glimpse today of the work they've done to stop a repeat of the assault that brought down key sites across the Web, including those run by giants Amazon.com and Yahoo.. . . A coalition of Internet companies formed in the wake of February's devastating denial-of-service attacks will offer a glimpse today of the work they've done to stop a repeat of the assault that brought down key sites across the Web, including those run by giants Amazon.com and Yahoo.

The Bay Area DDoS Working Group, which includes Internet industry giants across the country, will discuss a "best practices" document being drafted that advises sites and Internet service providers (ISPs) how to respond when under a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack. In a DDoS attack, the perpetrator coordinates a flood of bogus queries to a Web server, overloading its capacities.

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