So I was mainly curious as to what the penalties associated with Ddosing were - turns out it's worse than anything I've ever done:
You should contact your ISP with as much information as you have available to you (the IP that is attacking you for example).
At which point they can be subjected to jail time and fines
For example the gent that ddossed the Scientology website had to pay a 30,000$ fine and spend a year and a day in prison.
The guy that ddosed Fox news had to pay $10k in fines and got 30 months in jail.
Even in countries with less emphasis on jail time - like the UK - still hand down 6+ month sentences for ddosing.
Also @ sal... Apparently you can't file suit for ddosing unless the financial loss from the ddosing aggregates to $5k in the US anyways. I came across that in the law that's used to prosecute (that was mainly meant to deal with cyber attacks against the government which has subsequently been applied to private computers). Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, or 18 U.S.C. §1030.
Interestingly enough it looks like you can also be prosecuted for aiding and abetting ddos attacks so anybody who is remotely involved in this could likewise be prosecuted for aiding and abetting.
I'm tempted to make a Slin head photoshopped onto the punisher's body :(