[192127] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Dyn DDoS this AM?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Patrick W. Gilmore)
Fri Oct 21 11:48:27 2016
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From: "Patrick W. Gilmore" <patrick@ianai.net>
Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2016 11:48:21 -0400
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I cannot give additional info other than what=E2=80=99s been on =
=E2=80=9Cpublic media=E2=80=9D.
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=E2=80=99ed Can Not Stand. See Krebs=E2=80=99 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=E2=80=9D. It=E2=80=99=
s a bit melodramatic, but it=E2=80=99s 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 =E2=80=9Cwhat=
can I do?" There is a lot you can do. BCP38 & BCP84 instantly come to =
mind. Sure, that doesn=E2=80=99t 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=E2=80=99s 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.
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TTFN,
patrick
> On Oct 21, 2016, at 10:55 AM, Chris Grundemann <cgrundemann@gmail.com> =
wrote:
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> 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)...
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> =
https://krebsonsecurity.com/2016/10/ddos-on-dyn-impacts-twitter-spotify-re=
ddit/
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> --=20
> @ChrisGrundemann
> http://chrisgrundemann.com
