Re: Dyn DDoS this AM?

[George William Herbert <george.herbert () gmail com>]

Oh god, you invoked @popehat ...

[dyndds and its customers sue XiongMai, the OEM integrators, and Does 1-10,000,000 who own the devices for 
neglegence?...]

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> On Oct 21, 2016, at 8:29 PM, Chris Woodfield <rekoil () semihuman com> wrote:
>
> As a Twitter network  engineer (and the guy Patrick let camp out in your hotel room all day) - thank you for this. 
> Whoever was behind this just poked a hornet’s nest. 
>
> “Govern yourselves accordingly”.
>
> -C
>
> (Obviously speaking for myself, not my employer…)
>
> > On Oct 21, 2016, at 10:48 AM, Patrick W. Gilmore <patrick () ianai net> wrote:
> >
> > I cannot give additional info other than what’s been on “public media”.
> >
> > However, I would very much like to say that this is a horrific trend on the Internet. The idea that someone can 
> > mention a DDoS then get DDoS’ed Can Not Stand. See Krebs’ on the Democratization of Censorship. See lots of other 
> > things.
> >
> > To Dyn and everyone else being attacked:
> > The community is behind you. There are problems, but if we stick together, we can beat these miscreants.
> >
> > To the miscreants:
> > You will not succeed. Search "churchill on the beaches”. It’s a bit melodramatic, but it’s how I feel at this moment.
> >
> > To the rest of the community:
> > If you can help, please do. I know a lot of you are thinking “what can I do?" There is a lot you can do. BCP38 & 
> > BCP84 instantly come to mind. Sure, that doesn’t help Mirai, but it still helps. There are many other things you can 
> > do as well.
> >
> > But a lot of it is just willingness to help. When someone asks you to help trace an attack, do not let the request 
> > sit for a while. Damage is being done. Help your neighbor. When someone’s house is burning, your current project, 
> > your lunch break, whatever else you are doing is almost certainly less important. If we stick together and help each 
> > other, we can - we WILL - win this war. If we are apathetic, we have already lost.
> >
> >
> > OK, enough motivational speaking for today. But take this to heart. Our biggest problem is people thinking they 
> > cannot or do not want to help.
> >
> > -- 
> > TTFN,
> > patrick
> >
> > > On Oct 21, 2016, at 10:55 AM, Chris Grundemann <cgrundemann () gmail com> wrote:
> > >
> > > Does anyone have any additional details? Seems to be over now, but I'm very
> > > curious about the specifics of such a highly impactful attack (and it's
> > > timing following NANOG 68)...
> > >
> > > https://krebsonsecurity.com/2016/10/ddos-on-dyn-impacts-twitter-spotify-reddit/
> > >
> > > -- 
> > > @ChrisGrundemann
> > > http://chrisgrundemann.com