[192129] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Dyn DDoS this AM?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Mike Hammett)
Fri Oct 21 12:02:27 2016
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Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2016 11:01:27 -0500 (CDT)
From: Mike Hammett <nanog@ics-il.net>
Cc: NANOG list <nanog@nanog.org>
In-Reply-To: <67268F04-FC66-487E-8AA8-6BE4A6DBDA44@ianai.net>
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Are there sites that can test your BCP38\84 compliance? I'm okay, but inter=
ested in what I can share to raise awareness.=20
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Mike Hammett=20
Intelligent Computing Solutions=20
http://www.ics-il.com=20
Midwest-IX=20
http://www.midwest-ix.com=20
----- Original Message -----
From: "Patrick W. Gilmore" <patrick@ianai.net>=20
To: "NANOG list" <nanog@nanog.org>=20
Sent: Friday, October 21, 2016 10:48:21 AM=20
Subject: Re: Dyn DDoS this AM?=20
I cannot give additional info other than what=E2=80=99s been on =E2=80=9Cpu=
blic media=E2=80=9D.=20
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=99e=
d Can Not Stand. See Krebs=E2=80=99 on the Democratization of Censorship. S=
ee lots of other things.=20
To Dyn and everyone else being attacked:=20
The community is behind you. There are problems, but if we stick together, =
we can beat these miscreants.=20
To the miscreants:=20
You will not succeed. Search "churchill on the beaches=E2=80=9D. It=E2=80=
=99s a bit melodramatic, but it=E2=80=99s how I feel at this moment.=20
To the rest of the community:=20
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.=20
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 do=
ne. Help your neighbor. When someone=E2=80=99s house is burning, your curre=
nt project, your lunch break, whatever else you are doing is almost certain=
ly less important. If we stick together and help each other, we can - we WI=
LL - win this war. If we are apathetic, we have already lost.=20
OK, enough motivational speaking for today. But take this to heart. Our big=
gest problem is people thinking they cannot or do not want to help.=20
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TTFN,=20
patrick=20
> On Oct 21, 2016, at 10:55 AM, Chris Grundemann <cgrundemann@gmail.com> wr=
ote:=20
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> Does anyone have any additional details? Seems to be over now, but I'm ve=
ry=20
> curious about the specifics of such a highly impactful attack (and it's=
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> timing following NANOG 68)...=20
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> https://krebsonsecurity.com/2016/10/ddos-on-dyn-impacts-twitter-spotify-r=
eddit/=20
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> --=20
> @ChrisGrundemann=20
> http://chrisgrundemann.com=20
