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    Copyright
    Foreword
    Preface
    About the Authors
    Ch. 1. Security Blanket or Security Theater?
    Ch. 2. Knock, Knock. Who’s There?
    Ch. 3. 2 + 2 = 5
    Ch. 4. A Horse of a Different Color
    Ch. 5. The Keys to the Kingdom
    Interlude A: Cloud Computing
    Ch. 6. My Cup Runneth Over
    Ch. 7. He Who Steals My Purse ...
    Ch. 8. The Root of All Evil
    Ch. 9. Scanning the Horizon
    Ch. 10. Do You Hear What I Hear?
    Ch. 11. I Hear You Loud and Clear
    Interlude B: Electronic Voting
    Ch. 12. Disregard That Man behind the Curtain
    Ch. 13. Not All Is as It Seems
    Ch. 14. Play It [Again] Sam, or, Let’s Look at the Instant Replay
    Ch. 15. I Can’t Get No Satisfaction
    Attack: Massive Estonian Web Failure
    Threat: Denial of Service
    Threat: Flooding
    Threat: Blocked Access
    Threat: Access Failure
    Case: Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital Systems Down
    Vulnerability: Insufficient Resources
    Vulnerability: Addressee Cannot Be Found
    Vulnerability: Exploitation of Known Vulnerability
    Vulnerability: Physical Disconnection
    Countermeasure: Network Monitoring and Administration
    Countermeasure: Intrusion Detection and Prevention Systems
    Countermeasure: Management
    Conclusion: Denial of Service
    Extended Attack: E Pluribus Contra Unum
    Technical Details
    Recurring Thread: Legal—DDoS Crime Does Not Pay
    Vulnerability: Previously Described Attacks
    Countermeasures: Preventing Bot Conscription
    Countermeasures: Handling an Attack Under Way
    Conclusion: Distributed Denial of Service
    Exercises
    Interlude C: Cyber Warfare
    Ch. 16. ‘Twas Brillig, and the Slithy Toves ...
    Ch. 17. Peering through the Window
    Ch. 18. My 100,000 Nearest and Dearest Friends
    Afterword
    Bibliography
    Index
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    Chapter 15. I Can’t Get No Satisfaction

    15. I Can’t Get No Satisfaction

    Chapter Spotlight

    • Denial-of-service attacks

    • Causes: flooding, resource exhaustion, logical isolation (addressing problems), physical failure

    • Intrusion detection and prevention systems

    • Network monitoring

    • Management: preparation for disruptions

    • Distributed denial-of-service attacks: zombies or bots and command and control centers

    Attack: Massive Estonian Web Failure601
    Threat: Denial of Service602
    Threat: Flooding602
    Threat: Blocked Access603
    Threat: Access Failure604
    Case: Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital Systems Down605
    Vulnerability: Insufficient Resources606
    Vulnerability: Addressee Cannot Be Found611
    Vulnerability: Exploitation of Known Vulnerability613
    Vulnerability: Physical Disconnection613
    Countermeasure: Network Monitoring and Administration614
    Countermeasure: Intrusion Detection and Prevention Systems618
    Countermeasure: Management630
    Conclusion: Denial of Service633
    Extended Attack: E Pluribus Contra Unum635
    Technical Details638
    Recurring Thread: Legal—DDoS Crime Does Not Pay643
    Vulnerability: Previously Described Attacks643
    Countermeasures: Preventing Bot Conscription645
    Countermeasures: Handling an Attack Under Way647
    Conclusion: Distributed Denial of Service648
    Exercises649



      

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