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Re: Dyn DDoS this AM?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Patrick W. Gilmore)
Fri Oct 21 12:20:39 2016
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From: "Patrick W. Gilmore" <patrick@ianai.net>
Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2016 12:13:26 -0400
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TTFN,
patrick
> On Oct 21, 2016, at 12:01 PM, Mike Hammett <nanog@ics-il.net> wrote:
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> ----- Original Message -----
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> 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
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> I cannot give additional info other than what=E2=80=99s been on =
=E2=80=9Cpublic media=E2=80=9D.=20
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> 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.=20
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> 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
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> 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 =
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> To the rest of the community:=20
> If you can help, please do. I know a lot of you are thinking =E2=80=9Cwh=
at 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
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> 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.=20
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> OK, enough motivational speaking for today. But take this to heart. =
Our biggest problem is people thinking they cannot or do not want to =
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>> On Oct 21, 2016, at 10:55 AM, Chris Grundemann =
<cgrundemann@gmail.com> wrote:=20
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>> Does anyone have any additional details? Seems to be over now, but =
I'm very=20
>> curious about the specifics of such a highly impactful attack (and =
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>> timing following NANOG 68)...=20
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https://krebsonsecurity.com/2016/10/ddos-on-dyn-impacts-twitter-spotify-re=
ddit/=20
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>> @ChrisGrundemann=20
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