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ddos-attacks

- network-attack [ superclass ]

are-facilitated-by

- Metcalfe's Law [ facility ]

- Moore's Law [ facility ]

- Robert's Law [ facility ]

- Reed's Law [ facility ]

- windows-computer-vulnerabilities [ facility ]

are-negatively-impacted-by

- Gates' Law [ impact ]

is-attacked-via

- ebay [ victim ]

- root-dns-servers [ victim ]

- core-routers [ victim ]

is-endangered-by

- Internet Infrastructure [ object ]

- router [ used ]

- Zombie(d) Machine [ used ]

study: 4000 DoS attacks each week
Comment:: difficult to cope with -- bogus requests from thousands of machines across the network
Comment:: usually completely automated

References:

http://www.cs3-inc.com/pk_generalrelease.html