[27204] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Yahoo offline because of attack (was: Yahoo network outage)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Joe Shaw)
Thu Feb 10 00:55:33 2000
Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2000 23:48:01 -0600 (CST)
From: Joe Shaw <jshaw@insync.net>
To: Jim Williams <jaw12@ntrnet.net>
Cc: "Christopher B. Zydel" <czydel@aralan.net>, nanog@merit.edu
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On Thu, 10 Feb 2000, Jim Williams wrote:
> Anyone find it interesting that all the big name sites are getting hit
> except AOL? Makes you wonder....
I'd expect them to be a target, considering how high profile they are, but
the week isn't out yet. We could end up with a few more high-profile
sites getting the treatment. Sadly, since there's nothing that can really
be done to prevent being the victim, it only means there will be more
evidence after the fact.
--
Joseph W. Shaw - jshaw@insync.net
Computer Security Consultant and Programmer
Free UNIX advocate - "I hack, therefore I am."
