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http://blogs.computerworld.com – With a DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) attack, by a Windows botnet, in the server farm. read more (General)

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With a small server farm at a hoster with great support and conditions, I worry about the increasing number of DDoS attacks against this hoster (not my web project, but other clients on the same location).

I have booked a redundant router and load balancer as managed service with this hoster to share the load with all the dedicated servers.

However, I was lost again today because another one's p

DDoS attacks to PBX 40 weeks 5 days ago

I'm wondering if DDOS attacks to PBX or telecommunications systems is possibe real.

According to this links:

http://threatpost.com/en_us/blogs/firm-sees-more-ddos-attacks-aimed-tele...

http://news.softpedia.com/news/DDOS-Attacks-Against-Telecom-Systems-Cost...

it is possible.

There are DDOs attacks to web servers, which mostly give them so m