Mastercard problems

Thu Dec 9 18:25:48 UTC 2010

On Thu, Dec 09, 2010 at 01:08:12PM -0500, Michael Holstein said:
  >
  >> The tool makes HTTP/1.0 requests, most browsers make HTTP/1.1 requests.
  >>   
  >
  >Realistically, if the folks from Anonymous wanted to really cause
  >trouble, they'd be doing (legitimate looking) SSL requests against the
  >actual payment gateways. The force-multiplier there is the computational
  >effort it takes to negotiate a DH key exchange.
  >
  >For bonus points, call the voice auth service simultaneously and just
  >sit on hold.

Did you just aid & abet?

Guess we're all about full disclosure here..?

Except when its not easy to fix, like DDOS's arent.

/kc
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