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paulddraper on Oct 8, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: IP Spoofing

Currently DDoS requires insecure hardware.

If it didn't, we're one step closer to fixing it.

x0rx0r on Oct 8, 2016 [–]

This statement is simply not true.

paulddraper on Oct 9, 2016 | [–]

Sorry, missing word.

Currently, DDoS doesn't require compromised hardware, because of spoofing.

But if there were no spoofing, compromised hardware would be a requirement, and we're one step closer.

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