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Stop spreading this misinformation. The control channels do not have unlimited bandwidth and it has been shown[1] that cell phone networks could suffer from DDO
by JeremyBanks 15y ago
Stop spreading this misinformation. The control channels do not have unlimited bandwidth and it has been shown[1] that cell phone networks could suffer from DDOS attacks of fewer than 1000 properly-targeted messages per second. Calling them literally free is extremely disingenuous; even if the marginal cost in an existing network were zero, the total cost of the network would increase if the number of messages was significantly increased.
[1]: http://www.cse.psu.edu/~tlp/paper/JCS308.pdf http://www.cse.psu.edu/~tlp/paper/JCS308.pdf
- lurker17 15y agoSo the telephone network is secured by a $100 entrance fee charged to any DDOS attacker?
- JeremyBanks 15y agoAs discussed in the paper, the logistics of targeting the attack and not getting automatically blocked by the network make it a bit more difficult than that.
- dkersten 15y agothe total cost of the network would increase if the number of messages was significantly increased When I worked in telecoms a couple of years ago, we installed our SMS anti spam/fraud system in a network where a disproportionate amount of SMS traffic was caused by a virus on handsets that was constantly sending SMS messages. This was costing the carrier enough money that they installed our expensive anti spam system.