[ga] Re: FC: Attack on Internet root servers flops; CNBC tonight

[Jeff Williams <jwkckid1@ix.netcom.com>]

Declan and all,

  Thank you Declan for passing this along.  I am at this moment watching you
on CNBC tonight.  It is interesting to see the scrambling pointed out
in the Washington Post article (See Below) in particular from ICANN
on the DNSO GA and NCDNHC ML forums also in this regard...

Declan McCullagh wrote:

> [Earlier today I taped CNBC's Capital Report, which will air at 9 pm
> ET and 12 midnight ET tonight. It's hosted by Alan Murray and Tyler
> Mathisen. We talked about the attacks on the root servers and
> terrorism in general. I'm not sure if I said anything particularly
> cogent, but if for some reason you want to tune in, details are here:
> http://www.cnbcmarketplace.com/cnbc/prog_capital_report.html --Declan]
>
> ---
>
> There's also:
>
> "Large-Scale Attack Cripples Internet Backbone"
> By David McGuire and Brian Krebs
> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2406-2002Oct22.html
>
> ---
>
> http://news.com.com/2100-1001-963095.html
>
>    Net attack flops, but threat persists
>    By Robert Lemos
>    Staff Writer, CNET News.com
>    October 23, 2002, 1:10 PM PT
>
>    A widespread but unsophisticated attack on the computers
>    that act as the address books for the Internet failed to cause any
>    major problems, but experts warn that more security is necessary.
>
>    Beginning Monday, a flood of data barraged the Internet's 13
>    domain-name service (DNS) root servers in what's known as a
>    denial-of-service attack. But the simple nature of the attack, and the
>    system's resiliency, allowed administrators to quickly block the data
>    stream.
>
>    According to security experts, a more sophisticated attack could have
>    disrupted the root servers long enough to impair Net access. Had the
>    attack prevented access to the servers for eight to 10 hours, the
>    average computer user may have noticed slower response times, said
>    Craig Labovitz, director of network security firm Arbor Networks.
>
>    [...]
>
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