[58249] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Pakistan government orders ISP service level agreement
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Daniel Golding)
Mon May 5 16:10:07 2003
Date: Mon, 5 May 2003 15:08:46 -0500 (CDT)
From: Daniel Golding <dgold@FDFNet.Net>
To: Sean Donelan <sean@donelan.com>
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.44.0305051335540.3443-100000@clifden.donelan.com>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
Well, we can rest easy with the Paki Telecomunications Ministry on the
case. They'll have this whole DDOS thing wrapped up in no time.
right? :)
- Dan
On Mon, 5 May 2003, Sean Donelan wrote:
>
> Pakistan has been suffering a 40 day DOS attack, disrupting most of the
> International Internet service in the country.
>
> The Pakistan Government, Minister for IT & Telecom, has "directed" the
> Pakistan Telecommunications Corporation to sign service level agreements
> to ensure 99% Internet availability.
>
> Over 200 official(government?) websites have been inaccessible for over
> three weeks.
>
> http://www.paknews.com/main.php?id=5&date1=2003-05-05
> "Within a period of five days, the body has been assigned to formulate
> a concrete strategy to stem the incidence of DoS attacks.. The
> committee will work on urgent basis and suggest short-term measures
> within two day."
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