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Why Is Ddos Hard To Solve? 1. Simplicity of A Ack
Why Is Ddos Hard To Solve? 1. Simplicity of A Ack
1.
Simplicity
Of
A=ack
Basically,
just
send
someone
a
lot
of
trac
More
complicated
versions
can
add
renements,
but
thats
the
crux
of
it
No
need
to
nd
new
vulnerabiliJes
No
need
to
worry
about
Jming,
tracing,
etc.
Toolkits
are
readily
available
to
allow
the
novice
to
perform
DDoS
Even
distributed
parts
are
very
simple
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In
principle
Not
o^en
done
because
dumb
a=acks
work
so
well
The
a=ack
might
be
over
by
the
Jme
you
gure
out
who
to
call
Resource
LimitaJons
Dont
allow
an
individual
a=ack
machine
to
use
many
of
a
targets
resources
Requires:
AuthenJcaJon,
or
Making
the
sender
do
special
work
(puzzles)
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Resource MulJplicaJon
In mulJple places?
In
the
network
core?
Near
the
target?
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Near target
Near
source
In
core
In core
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