[geeks] Using a mailing list for a DDOS attack

Geoffrey S. Mendelson gsm at mendelson.com
Mon Nov 26 10:43:57 CST 2007


On Mon, Nov 26, 2007 at 11:27:09AM -0500, Shannon Hendrix wrote:
> If 1300 calls to 112 causes a problem, it seems to me that something  
> is wrong with their emergency call system.

It depends upon how qickly they happen. It's also not 1300 calls,
it's 1300 people trying it out, so it's 1300 false alarms.

Geoff.

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