Those of our members who are administering internet servers may like to read
through the report of a denial of service attack in the third web link here.
The fourth link is a PDF of the same report for those that prefer this.

The first two may also have some useful notes, and the others may also be
useful.


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A lot of news from grc.com since my last note to you ...

* ShieldsUP! is *much*faster* and checks more ports thanks to
  the NanoProbe technology which is now running on the site.
  (Our entire site will be swamped during this mailing, so
  please give it a few days to see the real speed increase!)

Two NEW pieces of Freeware -

* ID Serve identifies remote servers on the Internet:

  <http://grc.com/id/idserve.htm>

* UnPlug and Pray (UnPnP) safely disables the dangerous
  Universal Plug and Play server in Windows XP's and ME:

  <http://grc.com/unpnp/unpnp.htm>

* On January 11th, 2002, we were blasted off the Internet by
  a new style of potent Internet attack. I think you'll find
  this report to be very educational and interesting:

  <http://grc.com/dos/drdos.htm>

  Or download the 23-page, 214k, PDF document:

  <http://grc.com/files/drdos.pdf>

* Our new "FreeWare" pages list *every* piece of free
  software we offer for simple one-stop browsing:

  <http://grc.com/freepopular.htm>

* A listing of all the work I have completed (with links to the
  specific site locations), and what's in store for the future:

  <http://grc.com/steve.htm#projects>

* A completely re-designed home page for much easier access:

  <http://grc.com/default.htm>

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