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Risks Digest 24.57 DNS roots attacked
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2007 14:24:22 -0500
Begin forwarded message: Date: Tue, 6 Feb 2007 17:19:19 PST From: "Peter G. Neumann" <neumann () csl sri com> Subject: DNS roots attacked Hackers briefly overwhelmed at least three of the 13 computers that help manage global computer traffic Tuesday in one of the most significant attacks against the Internet since 2002. Experts said the unusually powerful attacks lasted for hours but passed largely unnoticed by mostcomputer users, a testament to the resiliency of the Internet. Much rogue data was traced to South Korea. UltraDNS was a particular target. Attacks passed largely unnoticed by most computer users. [Source: AP item, 6 Feb
2007, PGN-ed; Thanks to Lauren Weinstein.]http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/internet/02/06/internet.attacks.ap/ index.html
[See RISKS-22.32 for the attacks that crippled 9 of the 13 root servers in
Oct 2002. Perhaps the Internet is somewhat more robust now? PGN] ------------------------------------------- Archives: http://v2.listbox.com/member/archive/247/@now Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
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