BotTorrent? Using BitTorrent as a DDoS Tool (Ernesto/TorrentFreak)
via Techmeme Firehose on 12/31/10
Ernesto / TorrentFreak:
BotTorrent? Using BitTorrent as a DDoS Tool — A recent talk at the Chaos Communications Congress revealed how BitTorrent swarms can be exploited to take down large websites with relative ease. A vulnerability in the technology behind so called trackerless torrents makes it possible …
