What is the maximum number of 500-byte ICMP echo request packets a single zombie PC can send per second?
How many such zombie systems would the attacker need to flood a target organization using a 0.5-Mbps link? A 2-Mbps link? Or al O-Mbps link?
Given reports of botnets composed of many thousands of zombie systems, what can you conclude about their controller’s ability to launch DDoS attacks on multiple such organizations simultaneously? Or on a major organization with multiple, much larger network links than we have considered in these problems?
Find software security metrics and briefly explain each one reference can be used in this assignment is.
