Recently, the Computer Emergency Response Team/Coordination Center (CERT/CC) blamed a malicious "distributed denial of service" (DDoS) attack for failures involving its government-funded computer security research Web site. Located at Pittsburgh's Carnegie Mellon University, CERT/CC monitors Internet security issues such as viruses, vulnerabilities and hacking, and issues warnings about such incidents.
In response to this recent and most serious attack against CERT/CC, Mazu Networks has offered to provide its DDoS defense technology to help ensure the protection of thi