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June 16th 2009

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Submitted By:  Nyack C.

Title:  "DOS (Denial Of Service)"
 
Message:  Randy let us know - there are some very dark computer geeks out there, trying to shut Care2 down.  Obviously we are doing the right thing.  The main attack is aimed at the petition site of Care2.  Now I wonder whose 'feathers' we have ruffled so badlly that they need to go to these lengths....  The Tech team at Care2 is still working on the problems.

 *(See Group Post Link for More Details).

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Denial-of-Service Attack
 
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
 
DDoS Stacheldraht Attack diagram.

*(See 'Group Post' Link Below for Cyberattack Diagram).

A denial-of-service attack (DoS attack) or distributed denial-of-service attack (DDoS attack) is an attempt to make a computer resource unavailable to its intended users.

Although the means to carry out, motives for, and targets of a DoS attack may vary, it generally consists of the concerted efforts of a person or persons to prevent an Internet site or service from functioning efficiently or at all, temporarily or indefinitely.

Perpetrators of DoS attacks typically target sites or services hosted on high-profile web servers such as banks, credit card payment gateways, and even root nameservers.

One common method of attack involves saturating the target (victim) machine with external communications requests, such that it cannot respond to legitimate traffic, or responds so slowly as to be rendered effectively unavailable.

In general terms, DoS attacks are implemented by either forcing the targeted computer(s) to reset, or consuming its resources so that it can no longer provide its intended service or obstructing the communication media between the intended users and the victim so that they can no longer communicate adequately.

Denial-of-service attacks are considered violations of the IAB's Internet Proper Use Policy.

They also commonly constitute violations of the laws of individual nations.

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June 16th 2009 > By: Robert M.

* If you go to your main My Care2, then you also have a Care2 DOS Alert waiting for you! 

The following info has been provided by Care2 within the alert!

*Be Sure to Read the Twitter several entries down!

Care2 Twitter - DOS Attack Info Updates:

http://twitter.com/care2

Denial of Service Attack - Wikipedia:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denial-of-service_attack

*Group Post:
http://www.care2.com/c2c/groups/disc.html?gpp=20931&pst=1223786

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