[70486] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Flash crowds and DOS on POTS
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Joe Abley)
Mon May 17 12:17:59 2004
In-Reply-To: <BDC6BFE8-A7DC-11D8-AC18-000A95CD987A@muada.com>
Cc: Sean Donelan <sean@donelan.com>, nanog@merit.edu
From: Joe Abley <jabley@isc.org>
Date: Mon, 17 May 2004 12:17:01 -0400
To: Iljitsch van Beijnum <iljitsch@muada.com>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
On 17 May 2004, at 04:32, Iljitsch van Beijnum wrote:
>
> On 17-mei-04, at 4:53, Sean Donelan wrote:
>
>> All networks are vulnerable to Denial of Service attacks and flash
>> crowds. Broadcasting & Cable investigates the problems with the
>> telephone and SMS voting with the Fox television show American
>> Idol.
>
> This is _very_ old news. Something like this happened in Holland ages
> ago, and it was even named the "Henny Huisman effect" after the show's
> host.
There was a similar thread on this list about cellular and
international PSTN circuit congestion in New Zealand as the clock
ticked over from 1999 to 2000, e.g.:
http://www.merit.edu/mail.archives/nanog/1999-12/msg00390.html
http://www.merit.edu/mail.archives/nanog/1999-12/msg00417.html
Joe
