Help us survive a major-but-short-term traffic spike. [more inside]
posted by blag on Sep 21, 2005 - 15 answers

My Sysadmin blocks sites that are known targets of DDOS attacks, saying that there's a risk to us as well. I argued that I don't believe that to be so, I don't see how a site being the subject of a DOS attack can possibly harm me becausing I am browsing there. Am I wrong? Can a DDOS attack hurt my computer (or our network) in some way I don't know about?
posted by BlueScreen on Sep 13, 2005 - 10 answers

Geek Question: I took a look at my router's firewall. I'm getting a number of DDos attacks. Now, the firewall is acting all nice and blocking it...but, I'm sure this causing a slow down in my surfing/net use, etc.

Any ideas on how to make it stop?
posted by filmgeek on Mar 2, 2004 - 5 answers