[60503] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: The impending DDoS storm
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jack Bates)
Wed Aug 13 12:56:26 2003
Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2003 11:55:50 -0500
From: Jack Bates <jbates@brightok.net>
To: "McBurnett, Jim" <jmcburnett@msmgmt.com>
Cc: Lloyd Taylor <ltaylor@keynote.com>, nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <9BF6F06C4BC90746ADD6806746492A332AED33@msmmail01.msmgmt.com>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
McBurnett, Jim wrote:
> But doesn't that mean the hacker won?
> If you change the DNS and a user can not get to
> windowsupdate, you just helped him create a better
> DoS than he had...
>
I have no affiliation with Microsoft, nor do I care about their services
or products. What I do care about is a worm that sends out packets
uncontrolled. If there is the possibility that this "planned" DOS will
cause issues with my topology, then I will do whatever it takes to stop
it. The fact that user's can't reach windowsupdate.com is irrelevant.
-Jack
