D.O.S. attack on a cable modem.. enough to shut down the whole system???

[aphex]

This was on their network status page...



<< Thu 3/21 - A customer on our network was the victim of a denial of service (DOS) attach from 12:00pm to 1:00pm. This attack resulted in slower connectivity for all customers. The problem was identified and corrective action was taken. Internet connectivity has been restored. >>



Musta been a pretty damn heafty DOS attack to slow it down for everybody... Or is that normal??

 

[tweakmm]

*cough* scapegoat *cough*

 

[aphex]

Its been updated now... (I have noticed slowdown all night tonight)...



<< Another malicious attack was made this evening at approximately 8:00pm to 9:00pm. We are taking this matter seriously, and taking corrective action. >>

 

[AnthraX101]

The glory of DDoS's...yup, could do it EASILY...remember one of them took down yahoo, ebay, and other major sites.

I have personaly seen huge savient farms with 200+ users. Right before I "updated" their code with a suicide line No more viruses, their computers good a new.

Armani

 

[Skyclad1uhm1]

Unless they also have companies on their network I have a hard time believing a big enough DOS attack would be launched against someone. Why would anyone bother to use several machines around the world to attack a single user? Even if that user is trying to hack you there are far more efficient ways than a DOS attack. Calling the ISP for example.

Only reason I can think of really is that either someone pissed off several scriptkiddies on a bloody fast network, or that someone was targetting a company, or that they were talking BS and that their network was simply messed up.

 

[Heisenberg]

If they're anything like my ISP, by corrective action they mean standing around looking at the flashing lights on the switch, wondering what the hell to do.

 

[aphex]

<< If they're anything like my ISP, by corrective action they mean standing around looking at the flashing lights on the switch, wondering what the hell to do. >>



hahahahah... sounds like Cox Express to me