Return-Path: <sentto-279987-3735-1004596071-fc=all.net@returns.groups.yahoo.com> Delivered-To: fc@all.net Received: from 204.181.12.215 [204.181.12.215] by localhost with POP3 (fetchmail-5.7.4) for fc@localhost (single-drop); Wed, 31 Oct 2001 22:29:08 -0800 (PST) Received: (qmail 4384 invoked by uid 510); 1 Nov 2001 06:27:05 -0000 Received: from n11.groups.yahoo.com (216.115.96.61) by 204.181.12.215 with SMTP; 1 Nov 2001 06:27:05 -0000 X-eGroups-Return: sentto-279987-3735-1004596071-fc=all.net@returns.groups.yahoo.com Received: from [10.1.4.56] by n11.groups.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 01 Nov 2001 06:27:51 -0000 X-Sender: fc@red.all.net X-Apparently-To: iwar@onelist.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_0_0_1); 1 Nov 2001 06:27:51 -0000 Received: (qmail 38186 invoked from network); 1 Nov 2001 06:27:51 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.26) by l10.egroups.com with QMQP; 1 Nov 2001 06:27:51 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO red.all.net) (65.0.156.78) by mta1 with SMTP; 1 Nov 2001 06:27:51 -0000 Received: (from fc@localhost) by red.all.net (8.11.2/8.11.2) id fA16S3x15779 for iwar@onelist.com; Wed, 31 Oct 2001 22:28:03 -0800 Message-Id: <200111010628.fA16S3x15779@red.all.net> To: iwar@onelist.com (Information Warfare Mailing List) Organization: I'm not allowed to say X-Mailer: don't even ask X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL3] From: Fred Cohen <fc@all.net> X-Yahoo-Profile: fcallnet Mailing-List: list iwar@yahoogroups.com; contact iwar-owner@yahoogroups.com Delivered-To: mailing list iwar@yahoogroups.com Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:iwar-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com> Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2001 22:28:03 -0800 (PST) Reply-To: iwar@yahoogroups.com Subject: [iwar] [fc:Pentagon.seeks.help.on.denial.of.service.attacks] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Pentagon seeks help on denial of service attacks By Brian McWilliams, Newsbytes. October 30, 2001 The U.S. Department of Defense is seeking information from technology vendors on how to defend against distributed denial of service attacks, according to a special notice published last week. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and the Joint Task Force for Computer Network Operations (JTF-CNO) have invited vendors to submit an application to present "technologies or techniques that defend against increasingly prevalent Distributed Denial of Service (DDOS) attacks" according to the announcement at the Federal Business Opportunities site. An unspecified number of applicants will be invited to demonstrate their solutions to an audience of government and military personnel at the Denial of Service Defenses Technology Conference, to be held Dec. 18 and 19 in Arlington, Va., the notice stated. Vendors must bear their cost of participating in the DDoS conference. Online applications close Friday, Nov. 16, according to the announcement. DARPA is the central research and development organization for the Department of Defense. The JTF-CNO is part of the U.S. Space Command and supports the network defense and network attack capabilities of the U.S. military, according to its Web site. The notice did not specify whether the Department of Defense is planning to procure equipment or services aimed at mitigating DDoS attacks. Representatives of the two organizations were not immediately available for comment. In a distributed denial of service attack, attackers use numerous compromised computers to flood a target network with a massive number of requests for data. The attacks can make a Web site or other network resources unavailable to legitimate users. In late July, the Defense Department took many of its Web sites offline as a defense against the Code Red worm. Some of the sites remained unreachable by the public for over a month, according to published reports. The Computer Emergency Response Team, a government-funded security watchdog group, warned this week that poorly configured network routers have opened the door to an "imminent" spate of DDoS attacks. The announcement of the DDoS conference comes the same day as the Defense Department issued a public request for help in fighting terrorism. According to a Pentagon press release, the agency is soliciting help in "combating terrorism, defeating difficult targets, conducting protracted operations in remote areas, and developing countermeasures to weapons of mass destruction." ------------------ http://all.net/ Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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