how to destroy the internet.

[CatchPhrase]

First set up a gmail and yahoo email account (they both have unlimited storage). Then make them both automatically forward emails to eachother. send and email and wait to see what happens.

 

[spidey07]

Unlimited storage does not mean unlimited.

 

[Newbian]

Since when did these places have unlimited storage?

 

[Kirby]

Originally posted by: spidey07
Unlimited storage does not mean unlimited.

Sue them for false advertising?

 

[Farang]

this sounds fun.. but i imagine there is some sort of blocking mechanism in place

 

[rivan]

This was discussed once before - someone said they'll detect like the 5th or 6th forward (or something) and halt it.

 

[Jeff7]

Originally posted by: spidey07
Unlimited storage does not mean unlimited.

Yeah, don't you love it? Marketing: A realm where math doesn't really matter.


"Unlimited dialup!" - then they call you and ask you to disconnect for at least several hours a day.

"Unlimited downloads!" - then you get a letter saying you're over the limit.


A better method might be to hijack several large servers or routers on the Internet's backbone and start a ddos attack.

It would just slow things down for awhile, but not destroy the Internet.

 

[imported_apocalypse]

The current storage limit for google is 7274 MB. Yahoo I don't know but its not unlimited. They should also have something that detects a endless forwarding cycle, (microsoft has it, so google should )
There would also be internal hard caps on the size of your email account or some kind of flag when you send out too many emails marking you as a spammer.

 

[spidey07]

Originally posted by: Jeff7
A better method might be to hijack several large servers or routers on the Internet's backbone and start a ddos attack.

It would just slow things down for awhile, but not destroy the Internet.

If you want to destroy the Internet you have to attack the control protocols.

1) DNS
2) BGP
3) ICMP

Those are the big fat juicy goodies. But I guess I've said too much.:evil:

 

[Rubycon]

Computers need electrical power to work.

 

[Fenixgoon]

Originally posted by: Rubycon
Computers need electrical power to work.

what in the hell do you do for a living, rubycon, that you know so much about *everything*?

 

[I4AT]

Originally posted by: Fenixgoon

Originally posted by: Rubycon
Computers need electrical power to work.

what in the hell do you do for a living, rubycon, that you know so much about *everything*?

Yes! How in the world could she have known computers need electricity?

 

[LordMaul]

Just smash the box till the light stops flashing.

/obligatory IT Crowd reference

 

[Leros]

Originally posted by: I4AT

Originally posted by: Fenixgoon

Originally posted by: Rubycon
Computers need electrical power to work.

what in the hell do you do for a living, rubycon, that you know so much about *everything*?

Yes! How in the world could she have known computers need electricity?

She's a witch. Burn her!

 

[Jeff7]

Originally posted by: Leros

Originally posted by: I4AT

Originally posted by: Fenixgoon

Originally posted by: Rubycon
Computers need electrical power to work.

what in the hell do you do for a living, rubycon, that you know so much about *everything*?

Yes! How in the world could she have known computers need electricity?

She's a witch. Burn her!

Fire needs a heat source.

 

[Kalmah]

Originally posted by: Leros

Originally posted by: I4AT

Originally posted by: Fenixgoon

Originally posted by: Rubycon
Computers need electrical power to work.

what in the hell do you do for a living, rubycon, that you know so much about *everything*?

Yes! How in the world could she have known computers need electricity?

She's a witch. Burn her!

So, she weighs as much as a duck?

 

[djheater]

Originally posted by: Kalmah

Originally posted by: Leros

Originally posted by: I4AT

Originally posted by: Fenixgoon

Originally posted by: Rubycon
Computers need electrical power to work.

what in the hell do you do for a living, rubycon, that you know so much about *everything*?

Yes! How in the world could she have known computers need electricity?

She's a witch. Burn her!

So, she weighs as much as a duck?

She turned me into a newt!


.....
... I got better

 

[Pegun]

Originally posted by: Jeff7

Originally posted by: Leros

Originally posted by: I4AT

Originally posted by: Fenixgoon

Originally posted by: Rubycon
Computers need electrical power to work.

what in the hell do you do for a living, rubycon, that you know so much about *everything*?

Yes! How in the world could she have known computers need electricity?

She's a witch. Burn her!

Fire needs a heat source.

And oxygen

 

[Amoreena]

Originally posted by: Rubycon
Computers need electrical power to work.

You mean energy.

 

[DisgruntledVirus]

Originally posted by: spidey07

Originally posted by: Jeff7
A better method might be to hijack several large servers or routers on the Internet's backbone and start a ddos attack.

It would just slow things down for awhile, but not destroy the Internet.

If you want to destroy the Internet you have to attack the control protocols.

1) DNS
2) BGP
3) ICMP

Those are the big fat juicy goodies. But I guess I've said too much.:evil:

The DNS exploit that was uncovered over the summer comes to mind on that one.

All 3 of those have become *relatively* secure. If you want to bring down the internet though find a bug in one of those 3 or Cisco IOS that brings down the routers of the internet. Outside of those 4 options, it's not entirely easy to "destroy the internet". Especially from a stupid endless email forward that has been thought of and coded to prevent from happening has already happened.

 

[spidey07]

Originally posted by: DisgruntledVirus
The DNS exploit that was uncovered over the summer comes to mind on that one.

All 3 of those have become *relatively* secure. If you want to bring down the internet though find a bug in one of those 3 or Cisco IOS that brings down the routers of the internet. Outside of those 4 options, it's not entirely easy to "destroy the internet". Especially from a stupid endless email forward that has been thought of and coded to prevent from happening has already happened.

There have been bugs in IOS and JunOS that allowed you to bring them down, manipulate routing and state tables, change information. The big BGP vulnerability from a while ago...

That's one of the main reasons why you never run the same version of code on all your routers - limited exposure to vulnerabilities.

 

[DisgruntledVirus]

Originally posted by: spidey07

Originally posted by: DisgruntledVirus
The DNS exploit that was uncovered over the summer comes to mind on that one.

All 3 of those have become *relatively* secure. If you want to bring down the internet though find a bug in one of those 3 or Cisco IOS that brings down the routers of the internet. Outside of those 4 options, it's not entirely easy to "destroy the internet". Especially from a stupid endless email forward that has been thought of and coded to prevent from happening has already happened.

There have been bugs in IOS and JunOS that allowed you to bring them down, manipulate routing and state tables, change information. The big BGP vulnerability from a while ago...

That's one of the main reasons why you never run the same version of code on all your routers - limited exposure to vulnerabilities.

Yeah. I guess I should have been more specific and said something along the lines of "you would have to find a bug in Cisco's IOS versions used most". There is most likely Cisco routers running old code in smaller companies that have maybe one or two routers. Really you would need to find a bug in the IOS across all versions, or a way to exploit bugs in multiple IOS versions.

The DNS bug recently is the most recent real way to be able "bring down the internet"....

 

[Modelworks]

A ditch witch digging in the right area can do it, as has been proven time and again.

 

[Fritzo]

Originally posted by: Jeff7

Originally posted by: spidey07
Unlimited storage does not mean unlimited.

Yeah, don't you love it? Marketing: A realm where math doesn't really matter.


"Unlimited dialup!" - then they call you and ask you to disconnect for at least several hours a day.

"Unlimited downloads!" - then you get a letter saying you're over the limit.


A better method might be to hijack several large servers or routers on the Internet's backbone and start a ddos attack.

It would just slow things down for awhile, but not destroy the Internet.

It's like 10GB of storage. Might as well say unlimited- if you can use that much for email, tell grandma to stop sending 10MB jpgs.

 

[oddyager]

Originally posted by: CatchPhrase
First set up a gmail and yahoo email account (they both have unlimited storage). Then make them both automatically forward emails to eachother. send and email and wait to see what happens.

Too bad there are real simple measures already in place to prevent this from happening.