SECURITY SPECIAL

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The recent rash of devastating distributed Denial of Service attacks has brought home the message that system security is something network managers neglect at their peril. Some of the world's most prestigious e-business sites, including Yahoo!, eBay, Amazon and E-Trade, have all fallen victim to last month's round of attacks.

The recent rash of devastating distributed Denial of Service attacks has brought home the message that system security is something network managers neglect at their peril. Some of the world's most...

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