SecurityFocus - Site maintains an extensive database of vunerabilities and solutions including Denial Of Service attacks.Smurf Amplifier Registry - The SAR lets you probe Internet connected IP networks to see whether or not they are configured in a way that will allow perpetrators to use them for smurf amplification.
Internet Security Systems - A description of a SNORK attack and a link to a patch.
Denial of Service (DoS) Resource Page - Collection of articles and links about Denial of Service attacks
Update to Windows 95 TCP/IP to Address Out-of-Band Issue - Microsoft's official communique on the WinNuke bug, and their solution.
Network Ingress Filtering - A simple, effective, and straightforward method for network administrators to prohibit DoS attacks which use forged IP addresses.
Important Information for Windows Users - Patches for Windows 95/98 security holes, particularly WinNuke and Sping attacks.
DoShelp.com - Tools and patches to protect a person's computer from hackers, Denial of Service, and other intrusions.
Denial of Service Help Page - Advice for victims of Denial Of Service Attacks, geared towards users of IRC (Internet Relay Chat)
Microsoft Windows Update - Latest bugfixes for Microsoft Windows, including fixes for some possible DoS attacks.
Cisco - Strategies to protect against distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks. This article applies primarily to sites using Cisco equipment.
Tools Stunt DoS Attack - InternetWeek article written in the aftermath of the Denial of Service attack on Microsoft's domain name servers discusses various ways to combat these tactics.
Deconstructing Denial of Service Attacks - How to assess risk and avoid unwitting participation in this relatively new tactic.
Hacking the DoS - An interview on hacking and denial of service attacks with Brian Martin and David Dittrich. Available in text and various forms of audio.
Smurf Attack Information - White paper describing and giving information on how to minimize the effects of smurf attacks.
Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) Attacks and Tools - A bibliography of recent papers and advisories on DDoS attacks and tools, by David Dittrich of the University of Washington (USA).
Red Hat Linux General Security Advisory - Updated bind packages fixing DoS attack.
Technotronic.com - A Web page with links to tools and information about how to prevent various denial of service attacks
CERT Advisory CA-2000-01 - Denial of Service developments including description, impact, and solutions.
Trinoo Analysis - An analysis of the DoS Project's trin00 master/slave programs, which implement a distributed network denial of service tool.
Stacheldraht Analysis - An analysis of "stacheldraht", a distributed denial of service attack tool, based on source code from the "Tribe Flood Network" distributed denial of service attack tool.
RFC 2267 - Network Ingress Filtering - Defeating denial of service attacks which employ IP source address spoofing.
Defying Denial of Service Attacks - Discussion of the main DoS methods and how to protect your PCs and servers from them. [NetworkMagazine.com]
Denial of Service Attacks - Methods by which one can be prepared for DoS attacks and fight back.
Nuke Information and Patches - Specific information for each attack, including smurf, ICMP flood, WinNuke, and ssping.
Sans Institute Global Incident Analysis Center - Special notice and analysis of Rootkit/Smurf Payload Toolkit v 1.1.
PC Magazine: PC Tech - ZDNet's lengthy article about various DoS attacks and preventative and fixative steps to take.
UDP DoS attacks - A malicious Java-based applet can keep Windows users from accessing Domain Name Servers on the Web.
Distributed Denial of Service Attacks - A DDOS exploit multiplies the disruptive power of denial of service attacks. The article discusses methods used and how to detect them. [NetworkMagazine.com]
Fighting the Cybercrime Power - TheStandard's article about nineteen high-tech giants, including Microsoft, HP and Oracle, and their creation of a nonprofit to battle cybercriminals.
DDoS Is Neither Dead Nor Forgotten - How DDoS attacks have developed over the past year, and what has been learned; preparation is essential to prevention. [NetworkMagazine.com]
Whatis Definition of Denial of Service - Definition plus discussion of various types of DoS attacks and how they work, including Buffer Overflow, SYN, Teardrop and Smurf.
