Comments on: What economic problems would result from DDos attacks launched by terrorists on major e-commerce sites? http://www.electronic-marketing-ireland.com/what-economic-problems-would-result-from-ddos-attacks-launched-by-terrorists-on-major-e-commerce-sites.html EMI is a leading web design and web marketing company based in Limerick Ireland Tue, 10 Aug 2010 09:09:02 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: fax4voice3 http://www.electronic-marketing-ireland.com/what-economic-problems-would-result-from-ddos-attacks-launched-by-terrorists-on-major-e-commerce-sites.html/comment-page-1#comment-2364 fax4voice3 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 21:22:18 +0000 http://www.electronic-marketing-ireland.com/what-economic-problems-would-result-from-ddos-attacks-launched-by-terrorists-on-major-e-commerce-sites.html#comment-2364 Not much. Major e-commerce sites get DDoSed all the time, and they have pretty sophisticated border network routers that can detect and deflect those attacks before they hit the actual servers. Or, like Google, the servers are more widely distributed than the attacking botnets. It's the smaller sites that are the most vulnerable, because they can't afford to harden their networks that well. Not much. Major e-commerce sites get DDoSed all the time, and they have pretty sophisticated border network routers that can detect and deflect those attacks before they hit the actual servers. Or, like Google, the servers are more widely distributed than the attacking botnets.

It’s the smaller sites that are the most vulnerable, because they can’t afford to harden their networks that well.

]]> By: StonedGorilla http://www.electronic-marketing-ireland.com/what-economic-problems-would-result-from-ddos-attacks-launched-by-terrorists-on-major-e-commerce-sites.html/comment-page-1#comment-2365 StonedGorilla Sat, 07 Nov 2009 21:22:18 +0000 http://www.electronic-marketing-ireland.com/what-economic-problems-would-result-from-ddos-attacks-launched-by-terrorists-on-major-e-commerce-sites.html#comment-2365 DDoS attack bring down websites. If a website is down, people can't use it. If people can't use it, no one is going to buy anything. If no one buys anything, the company won't make any money. Also you have things like bandwidth bills which would need to be covered, and with DDoS attacks these can skyrocket. DDoS attack bring down websites. If a website is down, people can’t use it. If people can’t use it, no one is going to buy anything. If no one buys anything, the company won’t make any money. Also you have things like bandwidth bills which would need to be covered, and with DDoS attacks these can skyrocket.

]]> By: Mxsmanic http://www.electronic-marketing-ireland.com/what-economic-problems-would-result-from-ddos-attacks-launched-by-terrorists-on-major-e-commerce-sites.html/comment-page-1#comment-2366 Mxsmanic Sat, 07 Nov 2009 21:22:18 +0000 http://www.electronic-marketing-ireland.com/what-economic-problems-would-result-from-ddos-attacks-launched-by-terrorists-on-major-e-commerce-sites.html#comment-2366 None. E-commerce sites aren't that important in the broader scheme of things, and even attacking thousands of them at a time would do little more than provide fodder for the news media. None. E-commerce sites aren’t that important in the broader scheme of things, and even attacking thousands of them at a time would do little more than provide fodder for the news media.

]]> By: Heath N http://www.electronic-marketing-ireland.com/what-economic-problems-would-result-from-ddos-attacks-launched-by-terrorists-on-major-e-commerce-sites.html/comment-page-1#comment-2367 Heath N Sat, 07 Nov 2009 21:22:18 +0000 http://www.electronic-marketing-ireland.com/what-economic-problems-would-result-from-ddos-attacks-launched-by-terrorists-on-major-e-commerce-sites.html#comment-2367 Little to none. Small websites will die. Little to none.

Small websites will die.

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