[151835] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Attack on the DNS ?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu)
Sat Mar 31 16:11:42 2012
To: Marshall Eubanks <marshall.eubanks@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 31 Mar 2012 05:05:46 -0400."
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From: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu
Date: Sat, 31 Mar 2012 16:10:35 -0400
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
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On Sat, 31 Mar 2012 05:05:46 -0400, Marshall Eubanks said:
> Anyone seen signs of this attack actually occurring ?
>
> http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/31/technology/with-advance-warning-bracing-for-attack-on-internet-by-anonymous.html?_r=1
<more snip>
"Those preparations turned into a fast-track, multimillion-dollar global effort
to beef up the Domain Name System. They offer a glimpse into the largely
unknown forces that keep the Internet running in the face of unpredictable,
potentially devastating threats."
Was there *really* that much of a reaction to *this* threat, over and above
the continual 24x7x365 ongoing effort to add resiliency and mitigation to the DNS?
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