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One laptop can take down major internet servers
You don't need a massive botnet to launch overwhelming denial of service attacks -- in some cases, a personal PC and so-so broadband are all that's required. Researchers at TDC Security Operations Center have revealed a new attack technique, BlackNurse, that can take down large servers using just one computer (in this case, a laptop) and at least 15Mbps of bandwidth. Instead of bombarding a server with traffic, you send specially formed Internet Control Message Protocol packets that overwhelm the processors on server firewalls from Cisco, Palo Alto Networks and others. The firewalls end up dropping so much data that they effectively knock servers out of commission, even if they have tons of network capacity.
easyMobile closes up shop
The UK's easyGroup seems to have figured out the pizza and airline industries well enough, but the rough and tumble world of running an MVNO? Not so much. easyMobile, a partnership of easyGroup and Danish carrier TDC, has decided to call it a career after TDC stumbled upon a "change in strategy" and decided to pull out of the UK market. It's all crumbling apart at a brisk pace, too: easyMobile turns off the lights for good at midnight on December 13, at which point customers' phones will be about as useful as bricked Nokia E70s unless they get 'em unlocked (which they say they'll "do [their] best" to accommodate) or transferred to another carrier ahead of time. No rush, folks.[Via The Register]
HDTV over IP hits Denmark, drives away without leaving a note
Our European brethren continue to play catch up on HDTV, with Danish telephone company TDC announcing a new broadband network for what is commonly called the "triple play" services (TV/phone/internet), featuring broadband at 50Mbps as well as HDTV and VOD. And they're rolling it out quickly, apparently they will be able to cover 80 percent of the country's homes with the network in just two years.No word on pricing, compression or programming but who needs details anyway?
