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Re: LOIC tool used in the "Anonymous" attacks


From: Leo Bicknell <bicknell () ufp org>
Date: Sat, 11 Dec 2010 13:21:29 -0800

In a message written on Sat, Dec 11, 2010 at 10:19:32AM -0500, Marshall Eubanks wrote:
LOIC makes no attempt to hide the IP addresses of the attackers, making it easy to trace them if they are using their 
own computers. 

Perhaps the authors of the tool would rather keep the finite law
enforcement busy rounding up clueless highschool kids who install
this tool.

In that sense it's both a network packet DDOS, and a law enforcement
attacker DDOS.  Brilliant in a way.


-- 
       Leo Bicknell - bicknell () ufp org - CCIE 3440
        PGP keys at http://www.ufp.org/~bicknell/

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