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The Man in the Machine
From:Joe Klemmer
Date: Thu, 06 Dec 2007 19:30:34 -0500

The Man in the Machine
By Federico Biancuzzi

In April 2007, when two security researchers demonstrated a flaw in the
next-generation IPv6 routing scheme that would allow attackers to
significantly amplify any denial-of-service attack by a factor of at
least 80, networking expert Jun-ichiro "Itojun" Hagino worked to get
Internet engineers to take the threat seriously. 

http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/459