Comment on Show HN: NetSour, CLI Based WiresharkparentComments−lmz2yDetecting "DOS" by putting the packets into a Python buffer seems... counterproductive.−lmz2y... for the reasons the other guy said: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41011627DoS attacks attempt to overwhelm your system or your system's connection by sheer amount of packets. And here you are capturing those packets and keeping them in memory - this just makes your system fall over faster.
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Detecting "DOS" by putting the packets into a Python buffer seems... counterproductive.
... for the reasons the other guy said: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41011627
DoS attacks attempt to overwhelm your system or your system's connection by sheer amount of packets. And here you are capturing those packets and keeping them in memory - this just makes your system fall over faster.