IP: Attack on NSI delays things mtu

[Dave Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>]

Has Caused Registration Delays
By NICK WINGFIELD 
THE WALL STREET JOURNAL INTERACTIVE EDITION

Network Solutions Inc., the largest registrar of cyberspace "domain" names, said that registrations for new Internet 
addresses have been significantly delayed by two factors: an e-mail attack and record business.

People who attempt to register a new domain name are currently receiving confirmation of their requests within 24 to 48 
hours, instead of normal processing time of 20 minutes, according to Chris Clough, a spokesman for the Herndon, Va., 
company.

One cause of the slowdown, Mr. Clough said, is a flood of junk e-mail that's bogged down Network Solutions' 
registration servers since the first of the year. The e-mail messages are coming from a single source in a country "in 
the Western Hemisphere," Mr. Clough said, declining to be more specific. Network Solutions believes the flood of 
messages is a malicious attack because the sender has since modified the originating address for the e-mail attacks 
slightly, making it difficult to simply screen the messages.
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http://interactive.wsj.com/articles/SB916447497628064000.htm
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