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Will EDoS be the next DDoS?

Will EDoS be the next DDoS?All DDoS is 'EDoS' - this isn't a new concept.Most DDoS for the better part of the last decade has been directly economically motivated - i.e., DDoS protection rackets, in which the attackers DDoS a victim, then send a demand for payment to make the...

Tags: SECURITY, distributed denial of service, EDoS

Discussion threads 2009-01-25

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News to know: Mac at 25; Green storage; Android; Zune a misfit toy?

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know vi a email al ert and RSS daily .  For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage . Christopher Dawson: The Intel convertible Classmate - 1:1 and beyond Adam O'Donnell: Will...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Storage, Microsoft Zune, Apple Inc., Sam Diaz, Desktops, Hardware, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-01-26

Will EDoS be the next DDoS?

A noted security analyst has proposed a new twist on the traditional denial of service model where attackers purposefully inflate the bills of cloud service users until they can no longer afford service. Christofer Hoff, the Chief Security Architect at Unisys, has recently been discussing the concept...

Tags: Distributed Denial Of Service, Security, Adam O'Donnell

Blog posts 2009-01-25

EDOS Distribution System: A P2P Architecture for Open-Source Content Dissemination

The open-source software communities currently face an increasing complexity of managing the software content among theirs developers and contributors. This is mainly due to the continuously growing size of the software, the high frequency of the updates, and the heterogeneity of the participants. The paper proposes a distribution system that...

Tags: Information System, System Architecture, Dissemination, P2P, Open-source Software, Tel Aviv University, Web Technology, Tools & Techniques, Peer To Peer (P2P), Content Management, Open Source, Management, Internet, Enterprise Software, Software

White papers 2007-02-28

Linux Distribution Testing and Quality Assurance: Current Developments of the EDOS Project and Open Questions

This paper describes the developments done within the EDOS project regarding Linux distribution testing and quality assurance process. It will also point out remaining open questions that could be subjects for further research and which could bring significant advances for Linux distribution developers. As the number of testing units (the...

Tags: Linux Distribution, Conectiva, QA, Mandriva, Linux, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software

White papers 2007-02-12