25.Jan.2003
derStandard
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derStandard: Worm makes the Internet swaying
»"Slammer" starts DoS attack and uses security leak in Microsoft's
SQL server 2000
A worm brings big parts of the Internet to a standstill. It seems to use a security leak in Microsoft's SQL server 2000. The pest starts a kind of DoS attack over the UDP port 1434 reported the
security mailing list BuqTraq.
The Internet traffic is said to show already massive disturbances. Further Internet sites measuring the Internet traffic can be found here.«
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Another article regarding this subject:
heise online: Worm brings parts of the Internet to a standstill (ps) (Translation: wk)
[News message: 25. Jan. 2003, 17:17] [Comments: 0]
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