Le 2011-09-13 15:17, Orchid XP v8 a écrit :
> On 13/09/2011 08:03 PM, Jim Henderson wrote:
>> On Tue, 13 Sep 2011 19:53:17 +0100, Orchid XP v8 wrote:
>>
>>> I still think the main problem is that to allow somebody to send you
>>> data, you have to figure out how to prevent anybody *else* sending you
>>> data.
>>
>> No, that's easy. It's called "authentication and authorisation".
>
> Ah, I see.
>
> So how do you prevent somebody connecting to your server a thousand
> times per second and feeding it duff credentials, thereby preventing any
> legitimate users logging in, and wasting lots of CPU power?
>
> See, security isn't so simple...
>

by having a real firewall (such as the aforementioned Cisco ASA) 
configured to throttle individual connections.  ;)

Now the /b/tard in question would have to use zombie PCs to do his DOS 
against your machine.

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