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Attackers Revive Deprecated RIPv1 Routing Protocol in DDoS Attacks (Threatpost)

2015-07-01 16:45

An advisory from Akamai warns of a recent reflection style DDoS attack in which the deprecated RIPv1 routing protocol was leveraged against targets.

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http://threatpost.com/attackers-revive-deprecated-ripv1-routing-protocol-in-ddos-attacks/113582

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VENDOR	LAST 12M	#/PRODUCTS	LOW	MEDIUM	HIGH	CRITICAL	TOTAL VULNS
Protocol		12	0	1	15	1	17

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