] In two papers presented at the IEEE Symposium on Security
] and Privacy here, the graduate students suggested simple
] modifications to network software that could defeat
] denial-of-service attacks and that could be implemented
] in the current protocol used by the Internet. The
] symposium, sponsored by the Institute of Electrical and
] Electronics Engineers, began Sunday and lasts through
] Wednesday.

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