Is it feasible to leverage DOS by triggering large numbers of application exceptions?

One key aspect of a DOS or DDOS seems to be to leverage the required computational power on the attackers side to maximize the impact on the target side. This wiki article lists many examples of such attacks.

So imagine a .Net website wi… Continue reading Is it feasible to leverage DOS by triggering large numbers of application exceptions?

Could Meltdown/Spectre be exploited from C#/.Net (or other managed languages or the Midori OS)?

First off yes the correct answer is patch your OS/system. That aside:

Does the memory managed features of a language like C# prevent it from being used to exploit the Meltdown security bug?

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How to restrict unauthorized domains pointing to my website’s IP address [migrated]

I found that some domain (namely bajajra.com) is pointing to my website’s IP address. I am using IIS 10 to host my website. How can I restrict the access to all such unauthorized domains?

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