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Originally Posted by rjarosek
It only takes one pc for a DoS attack and it is easy to deny service. DDoS would require multiple systems and like you said even the big dogs are not immune. (Distributed Denial of Service)
To you point it would be simple for one person on a crappy computer to take down ballbids with a DoS attack with little knowledge or skill. OWASP "Slow Post" tool comes to mind. Keep in mind it is illegal to use the tool against a site without permission.
Even the best service plan will not save you , multiple systems , Intrusion Prevention , load balancers , Website settings to prevent slow posts and slow reads , etc will protect you.
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One Computer sending DoS of 65500 in packets will not cause the disruption they are experiencing. If it was a DoS attack, they would know right off the bat with the server log, block that ip from accessing the site.
Not to Mention, When I did this stuff in College it took 48 DoS attacks in our Forensics class to crash the schools site(per professors approval).
With what they provided, and then seeing their IP server log, Nothing stands out that its a DoS attack. Just IMO they are not running a quality server to handle the software real time update