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| Newer page: | version 4 | Last edited on Wednesday, August 20, 2003 2:45:02 am | by AristotlePagaltzis | Revert |
| Older page: | version 3 | Last edited on Wednesday, August 20, 2003 12:29:44 am | by StuartYeates | Revert |
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-BackScatter is the packets that are "scattered back" during
a spoofed denial
of service attack
.
+Originally
a term for X-Rays scattered by atomic nuclei. Rutherford conducted an experiment to infer the size
of the atomic nucleus from BackScatter, and various machines use X-Ray BackScatter to examine an object or person
.
-If A spoofs
packets to B, then when B replies these
packets will be
sent to random places
on the internet
. If you
"listen
" to these packets you can determine who is being [DDoS]'d.
-
-----
-
-Alternatively X-Rays which are scattered by atomic nucleui (as in Rutherfords' experiment to measure the size of the nucleui) or a machine that uses BackScatter to examine an object or person
.
+Similarly, in computer lingo it is a term for the
packets scattered back during a spoofed DenialOfService attack. A host trying to reply
to packets sent to it with a spoofed source address will (attempt to) send them
to random hosts
on the InterNet (the recipients may not even exist)
. By
"listening
" to these packets you can determine who is being [DDoS]ed
.
