[94770] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Hackers hit key Internet traffic computers
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Douglas Otis)
Wed Feb 7 14:46:28 2007
In-Reply-To: <45C9E1D7.8090506@utc.edu>
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
From: Douglas Otis <dotis@mail-abuse.org>
Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2007 11:45:29 -0800
To: Jeff Kell <jeff-kell@utc.edu>
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
On Feb 7, 2007, at 6:27 AM, Jeff Kell wrote:
>
> Alexander Harrowell wrote:
>>
>> It was clear from the highly reliable index I call the "Nanogdex"
>> that nothing was seriously amiss.
>
> Yes, but it got so much bloody press that ambitious copycats can't
> be too far behind.
When 2 of 13 root systems are affected (>90% loss), how many systems
will withstand such an attack when targeted lower within the
hierarchy? FWIW, the attack rates did not seem that high.
-Doug
