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Major Internet Attack Could Be Near

Major Internet Attack Could Be Near

by KYW's Bob Bicknell

The federal government and Internet security experts are warning about a serious computer flaw that could shut down almost all Internet traffic.

There is concern an attack could come as soon as Thursday.

For months, Internet security experts have been working in secret, trying to fix a flaw in a core Internet technology.

The flaw affects the Internet's transmission control protocol, or "TCP."

A hacker armed with the right information could disrupt the devices that control Internet traffic, effectively taking large portions of the global network offline.

The governments of the United States and Great Britain issued alerts Tuesday, warning an attack could disrupt Internet service around the world.

The flaw was discovered by Wisconsin researcher Paul Watson last year.

Watson is expected to present his findings to an Internet security conference on Thursday.

He's predicting hackers would understand how to begin launching attacks within minutes of his speech.

Right now, there's nothing individual Internet users can do about it.

http://kyw1060.com/news_story_detail...wsitemid=37014

Is anyone worried?

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Originally posted by SureFire

He's predicting hackers would understand how to begin launching attacks within minutes of his speech.

Then why give the speech?

Maybe wait until it is fixed before talking about how it is fucked up.

:2 cents:

So why is he giving the speech?

i like how he said "tcp" hes a n00b. like its a new term. maybe he should read the rfc on tcpip. and see if they can stop randomg tcp and udp spoofed attacks. throw that at him. its nothing new, its all the same shit thats been going around. they just have more power.

So why's he still giving that speech then? I bet its a critical microsoft vulnerability again :(

this "vulnerability" is nothing new. its just bruteforcing isn numbers with RST packets.. this is only a problem for applications that are holding tcp connections for hours. this may have been a problem in 1994 when every OS used the 64k rule, but hardly today..