Friday, July 10, 2009

The botnet world is booming; University turns to IPv6 to go green

What's driving this university to IPv6? Going green; Crime lab saves energy costs by turning up heat in the data center
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The botnet world is booming

With U.S. and South Korean government Web sites hit by distributed denial-of-service attacks this week by a botnet controlled by an unidentified attacker -- North Korea is suspected, however -- the shadowy world of botnets continues to grow unabated. Read full story

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