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Worm Pr0n - Slammed!


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https://www.wired.com/2003/07/slammer/

 

I know Slammer is a few years back now, and some of you are probably already aware of it, but can we all just take a moment to appreciate how beautiful it really was?

About half way down the page above is Slammer's simple code (starting at 'step one').

 

Slammer;

  • Fit inside 1 UDP package at less than 376 bytes.
  • DoS'd about 75,000 SQL Servers and affected millions of machines in less than 15 minutes.
  • Chose victims at random, at hundreds of IP attempts per second per machine, so no one was safe.
  • I don't think they ever even found out who did it? (citation needed)

 

I think I need some time alone with a box of tissues.

Edited by haze1434
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