The Jester and DoS, Preventing Attacks, Seizure of Domain Names and Other Topics [32:30]

In this episode, we discuss a wide range of topics, including:  - The Jesters denial of service attack on the Westboro Baptist Church website. - How one might prevent such attacks - The seizure of domain names by the Department of Homeland Security - The treatment of Bradley Manning - Google and bugs in Flash - A 16-year old girl that may have hacked HBGary  - Skype and encryption data leaks and, finally - How the events in Japan may effect iPad2 availability. Layer 7 Denial of Service attacks: th3j35t3r's assault on Westboro Baptist Church Website Continues https://www.infosecisland.com/blogview/12400-Assault-on-Westboro-Baptist-Church-Website-Continues.html Live Performance Report for Westboro Church Website: four sites held down 24 days from a single 3G cellphone:  http://uptime.netcraft.com/perf/graph?site=www.godhatesfags.com Defense techniques: Protecting a Web server with a Load-Balancer  http://samsclass.info/124/proj11/proj15-haproxy.html Protecting a Web server with mod_security (a Web Application Firewall) http://samsclass.info/124/proj11/p16-mod-security.html Protecting a Web server with iptables (a firewall) http://samsclass.info/124/proj11/p5x-iptables-layer7.html Westboro Spoof for a Good Purpose http://www.godhatesjapan.com/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DHS siezure of domain names: Web seizures trample due process  http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/03/ars-interviews-rep-zoe-lofgren.ars -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bradey Manning's Continuing Abuse in Captivity Ellsberg on Obama’s View that Manning’s Treatment is “Appropriate” http://www.ellsberg.net/archive/ellsberg-obama-manning WH forces P.J. Crowley to resign for condemning abuse of Manning http://www.salon.com/news/opinion/glenn_greenwald/2011/03/13/crowley -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Google and Flash Bugs Google first to patch Flash bug with Chrome update http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9214689/Google_first_to_patch_Flash_bug_with_Chrome_update -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Anonymous" Hacker Speaks Is This The Girl That Hacked HBGary?  16 years old, and in hiding for a felony http://blogs.forbes.com/parmyolson/2011/03/16/is-this-the-girl-that-hacked-hbgary/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Skype Encryption Leaks Data Uncovering spoken phrases in encrypted VoIP conversations http://www.cs.unc.edu/~fabian/papers/oakland08.pdf -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Shortages of Apple's iPad and iPhone to bleed into June quarter -- caused by Japan's disasters http://www.hackinthebox.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=40531&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0