AnonDOG
@kaballero.com
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| The motive for the attack on the root servers was unclear
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though the impact was negligible.
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Yawn. ICANN and DOD and the motive was unclear? LOL.
aw well. It will become more clear with time and experience.
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Surfinusa
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join:2001-02-08
1 edit | Bots have been a real threat for many company's something should be done to stop it at the source.
They need a way to trace the DOS attack and temporarily cease the attack blocking ports or IP ranges what ever is necessary in real time not after the fact. |
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LiberalKing
Intocable
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join:2005-09-12
Bronx, NY | SINCE 2002?
what happen in 2002?
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Anonymous
Premium
join:2004-06-01
IA | Lame
3 out of 13?
I hope they do better next time.
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Wowser
@cox.net
| This just kills me!
Experts said the unusually powerful attacks lasted as long as 12 hours but passed largely unnoticed by most computer users, a testament to the resiliency of the Internet.
... or the skill of the programmer! I noticed this when, around 4 pm EST, our connection was severed, followed by a voicemail message transferred to me by a coworker that XO blocked our IP due to a DoS attack that may be originating from our domain. Examination of the router/fw logs shows nothing aloof! Now I have to pick through every fricking PC on the network and prove to myself that all security systems are working correctly. I can't wait to hear the explanation in the A.M. |
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DeathNowSCUM
@comcast.net | Death to all hackers
One can only hope there is a judgment day and the scum get what is coming to them. |
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fegul
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join:2004-08-23
united state | reply to LiberalKing
Re: SINCE 2002?
Google went down for maintenance |
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vasta
join:2003-04-07
Orlando, FL | reply to LiberalKing
»archives.cnn.com/2002/TECH/inter···dex.html
i think thats what happened |
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TKJunkMail
Enjoy the sun
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| reply to AnonDOG
Re: The motive for the attack on the root servers was unclear
said by AnonDOG : quote:
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though the impact was negligible.
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Yawn. ICANN and DOD and the motive was unclear? LOL. aw well. It will become more clear with time and experience. Yes, an anti-US motive can be suspected because of the attacks main victims. Even if there is no proof yet.
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Nerdtalker
Working Hard, Or Hardly Working?
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join:2003-02-18
Tucson, AZ
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Re: Lame
said by Anonymous :3 out of 13? I hope they do better next time. Rather, I hope there isn't a next time.
Thank God for resolution caches, otherwise this could be pretty interesting. Nice to see some resiliency in the system for once, since normal usage wasn't disrupted at all by this. This is clearly a "show-off" type attack, since it didn't practically accomplish anything.
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Anonymous
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IA | That was a joke. |
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Nerdtalker
Working Hard, Or Hardly Working?
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Tucson, AZ
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| said by Anonymous :That was a joke. I know  I just wanted to comment. |
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theeinstein
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join:2003-07-31
Fernandina Beach, FL | At the Door
I would hope ICANN and DOD have a mechanism in which they can cut connectivity from outside the US to maintain service. As this would provide the most immediate solution to sustain the Internet until the issue can be resolved. |
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AmarilloSATs
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Freehold, NJ | OPENDNS Works Great...And It's FREE
»www.opendns.com
I have comcast HSI at home and their DNS resolution has been awful for over 2 months now....I switched to OPENDNS last week, I'm flying now. |
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NJxxxJon
something good. or your mom.
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join:2005-10-22
00000 | Vista Icon.
NO WONDER things are f'ed up.  Its Vista Icon Forshadowing............. |
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samanaki
join:2001-12-21
Beverly Hills, CA
| reply to LiberalKing
Re: SINCE 2002?
Backbone DDoS
Dateline: 10/22/2002
At 1:45pm for about one hour an extremely large distributed denial-of-server (DDoS) attack took place. The target of the attack were the 13 DNS root servers, which are responsible forhelping to resolving domain names to their respective IP's. Even though 9 of the 13 servers were disabled in the attack, the remaining were able to support the additional load without any widespead problems. Prior to this attack, the largest outage for the root registry was 7 machines in July of 1997, due to a technical problem.
this is according to www.internettrafficreport.com |
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elvishkp
@rr.com
| How much dis-information can one thread give?
IMHO
-- First, name resolution would affect more than the US, so a "plug" that DOD could pull would not keep the internet from going down. Granted, you could make sure that ONLY US servers and US based workstations could talk to each other, but it doesn't seem very "World" Wide Webish.
-- For the guy who is having to check every machine... for what are you checking? At your firewall/routers can't you tell what traffic you are sending? Also that will give you what IP the source traffic is coming from. If you take your ISP's word for the fact you are infected, and visit every machine you are wasting your time. Use a drill down approach.
-- Lastly, although they were able to briefly overwhelm 3 of 13 DNS servers (not very impressive really)I can't for the life of me see how this more of an attack than SPAM which continues to waste precious resources, flood e-mail server and in general continues to reduce the usability of e-mail. However, now the US President and crew can continue to beat the terrorism drum to violate more civil rights. See those terrorists over there -- THEY CAN BRING DOWN THE INTERNET. We need to install camera's in every home, load Big Brother software on every PC, then we can protect you from those big bad Computer Terrorists out there who were able to bring down 3 DNS servers for a few mili-seconds. WOW. Now I've added to this bull.... |
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bogey780
join:2004-03-19
Here
| crack some heads
When are we going to start treating attacks on vital internet components and systems seriously.
If a rogue state fired off missiles at a US communication satellite we certainly wouldn't be just investigating.
I say it's time to get wetworks something to do. These attackers have real lives. You don't even have to take them out. Just cut off their hands and gouge out their eyes and their ability to attack the internet falls drastically. |
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Steve
I'm a PC, so shut up
Consultant
join:2001-03-10
Yorba Linda, CA
| said by bogey780 :When are we going to start treating attacks on vital internet components and systems seriously? As soon as it's actually serious.
Nobody really thinks there are actually only 13 root servers, right?
Steve
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nanoflower
join:2002-07-14
30876 | reply to bogey780
Heck with most of these people if you just had some security force show up (like the FBI in the USA) and start asking question it would scare them enough to stop the attacks. |
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