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DDoS attackers start targeting IPv6 networks

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Computerworld Networking: February 22, 2012 =============================================================== DDoS attackers start targeting IPv6 networks Cybercriminals have started launching distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks against networks that transmit data over IPv6 (Internet Protocol version 6), according to a report published recently by DDoS mitigation vendor Arbor Networks. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7867773/869152234/552750/0/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~WHITE PAPER: Argent~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ What’s the biggest bottleneck in VMware? Do more CPUs improve VMware? Using VMware NIC Teaming? Does TCP/IP affect VMware? (You’ll be surprised) Get this essential FREE white paper now 11 pages of technical details, not sales fluff http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7867773/869152234/551210/0/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ IN THIS ISSUE 1. 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