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> Send SYN floods from all your controlled computers Seems potentially useful for stress testing. Especially if you're trying to make your service more resista

by Ajedi32 10y ago

> Send SYN floods from all your controlled computers Seems potentially useful for stress testing. Especially if you're trying to make your service more resistant to DDoS attacks.

tptacek 10y ago
This is about as credible as saying that the Michelangelo virus was really intended as a remote wipe tool for IT departments.
- mikecb 10y ago
  There's a long tradition there, wasn't BO2K non-ironically marketed as a system admin tool?
  - tptacek 10y ago
    No, it was ironically marketed as a system administration tool, for exactly the subtextual reason as this story suggests one might.