[63494] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: CCO/cisco.com issues.
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Stephen J. Wilcox)
Mon Oct 6 20:47:16 2003
Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2003 00:45:46 +0000 (GMT)
From: "Stephen J. Wilcox" <steve@telecomplete.co.uk>
To: ed@the7thbeer.com
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.44.0310061731480.9077-100000@keg.the7thbeer.com>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
On Mon, 6 Oct 2003, ed@the7thbeer.com wrote:
> > > Anyone who doesn't think that's an operational issue, just wait until it
> > > bites you on the ass.
> >
> > Now we have clear evidence that there are no less than three who
> > understand the threat.
>
> My first thought was that the DDoS was a means of obscuring access to
> patches for other vulnerabilities that might be simulatenously exploited.
> I'm assuming, though not certain, that Cisco would have alternative
> distribution/communication/update channels in such an event, but is that
> indeed the case?
My access to ftp.cisco.com is working fine whilst the website remains down..
Steve
