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Perspective on Root Server Attack
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2002 16:38:57 -0400
Let me make it VERY clear. I send out things which I find interesting. Sometimes because they are right on -- sometimes right off. I let the reader decide by listening to the sides which I try to balance. Sometimes one "side" responds by cursing and screaming -- in that case I ignore it. (not the case here (yet). I try for some rough balance when possible. Dave -----Original Message----- From: Rodney Joffe <[mailto:rjoffe () centergate com]> Sent: Friday, October 25, 2002 2:43 PM To: dave () farber net Subject: Re: <[IP]> Perspective on Root Server Attack Dave, David Farber wrote:
-----Original Message----- From: Jim Brenton <<[mailto:brentonj () swbell net]>> Sent: Friday, October 25, 2002 5:43 AM To: dave () farber net; farber () cis upenn edu Cc: 'Bob Alberti' Subject: Perspective on Root Server Attack Dave, Here is another perspective on the Root Server Attack this week and
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efficacy of ICANN to fulfill their important role.
I can't tell if your correspondents are endorsing or rejecting the CNet story. However, the lack of technical or political clue in the article is astounding. Equating ICANN and IANA is preposterous, as you yourself know. ICANN had nothing to do with the apparent "success" or "failure" of the attacks. And despite what ICANN may believe, they don't control the Internet. Not yet anyway. And the fact that there are 13 root-servers (itself a misnomer - there are many more than 13 machines) is by design. The number 13 is not arbitrary. The number 13 is not arbitrary. And the defense of the root servers is an Internet wide issue, not a root-server operator's sole problem. ICANN had nothing to do with the apparent "success" or "failure" of the attacks. The machines themselves can cope with the packets. Its the networks getting there that have trouble. A large portion of the challenge lies with the networks that allow and carry damaging traffic. If only we could get them to filter traffic appropriately. And of course, ICANN doesn't control them either. Disclaimer: I operate TLD servers for 7 g-TLDs and cc-TLDs. These are often incorrectly referred to as root servers. They are not, but they look just like the actual root, and fulfill a similar function one level down. Regards, -- Rodney Joffe CenterGate Research Group, LLC. http://www.centergate.com "Technology so advanced, even we don't understand it!"(SM) ------------------------------------- You are subscribed as interesting-people () lists elistx com Archives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/
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