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Attack on the DNS ?
From: Marshall Eubanks <marshall.eubanks () gmail com>
Date: Sat, 31 Mar 2012 05:05:46 -0400
Anyone seen signs of this attack actually occurring ? http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/31/technology/with-advance-warning-bracing-for-attack-on-internet-by-anonymous.html?_r=1 <snip> The message called it Operation Global Blackout, and rallied Anonymous supporters worldwide to attack the Domain Name System, which converts human-friendly domain names like google.com into numeric addresses that are more useful for computers. It declared when the attack would be carried out: March 31. And it detailed exactly how: by bombarding the Domain Name System with junk traffic in an effort to overwhelm it altogether. <snip> Regards Marshall
Current thread:
- Attack on the DNS ? Marshall Eubanks (Mar 31)
- Re: Attack on the DNS ? sthaug (Mar 31)
- Re: Attack on the DNS ? Adrian Minta (Mar 31)
- Re: Attack on the DNS ? sthaug (Mar 31)
- Re: Attack on the DNS ? Lamar Owen (Mar 31)
- Re: Attack on the DNS ? Greg Ihnen (Mar 31)
- Re: Attack on the DNS ? Greg Ihnen (Mar 31)
- Re: Attack on the DNS ? Greg Ihnen (Mar 31)
- Re: Attack on the DNS ? Ameen Pishdadi (Mar 31)
- Re: Attack on the DNS ? sthaug (Mar 31)
- Re: Attack on the DNS ? Valdis . Kletnieks (Mar 31)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- Re: Attack on the DNS ? Stephane Bortzmeyer (Mar 31)