[63495] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: CCO/cisco.com issues.
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (ed@the7thbeer.com)
Mon Oct 6 20:51:10 2003
Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2003 17:49:46 -0700 (PDT)
From: ed@the7thbeer.com
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0310070045120.13526-100000@server2.tcw.telecomplete.net>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
> > 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..
Hi Steve,
No I do realize that what I suggested in my email was just a scenario
removed from the case at hand. What I was suggesting though is that 1) if
the portals of distribution (http and ftp) were DDoS'd, say as a precursor
to exploitation of some other vulnerability. I was not trying to suggest
that all means of communication were blocked and that this particular
instance was one of an opportunistic DDoS. Sorry if I was unclear.
-ed
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