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Router glitch triggers DoS-like attack
A design flaw in a router product has seen the University of Wisconsin's network bombarded with network time protocol synchronisation requests, in an accidental denial of service (DoS) attack. The university's administrators noticed a dramatic increase in in-bound traffic to its time server, and eventually traced the cause to a Netgear router product.
A design flaw in a router product has seen the University of Wisconsin's network bombarded with network time protocol synchronisation requests, in an accidental denial of service (DoS) attack.
The university's administrators noticed a dramatic increase in in-bound traffic to its time server, and eventually traced the cause to a Netgear router product. A full analysis was posted on the university's Web site. Read the full story on ZDNet Australia.